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*in plain language and *in plain English
Fig. in simple, clear, and straightforward language. (*Typically: be ~; put something [into] ~; say something ~; write something ~.) That's too confusing. Please say it again in plain English. Tell me again in plain language.
See also: language, plain

(The) Queen's English

"Official" British English. He can't even speak The Queen's English! Despicable!


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The research suggests that not only is there a growing recognition of St George's Day and a preparedness to celebrate it, but that a more diverse and sophisticated conception of Englishness is emerging as debates about identity and citizenship develop in the UK.
Our Englishness can bring us all together A LIST of what it means to be English tends to include honour, duty, humour and irony, and most of all, fair play and tolerance.
9780754658481 Enacting Englishness in the Victorian period; colonialism and the politics of performance.
 
 
 
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