…English language as used England, as distinct from that used elsewhere…
…a form of standard spoken English associated with BBC announcers…
…the language of the Anglo-Saxons (up to about 1150), an inflected language with a Germanic vocabulary, very different from modern English…
…not considered characteristic of English people or the English language…
…a simplified form of English limited to 850 selected words, intended for international communication…
…any of various forms of English spoken by black people, especially as an urban dialect in the US…
…denoting the earliest stage of English Gothic church architecture, typical of the late 12th and 13th centuries and marked by the use of pointed arches and simple lancet windows without tracery…
…a bond used in brickwork consisting of alternate courses of stretchers and headers…
…a small area round Calais, the only part of France remaining in English hands after the Hundred Years War. It was recaptured by France in 1558…
…an attractive English girl with a delicate, fair-skinned complexion regarded as typically English…
…the English language including all of its regional varieties, such as North American, Australian, New Zealand, and South African English…
…English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere…
…the sea channel separating southern England from northern France. It is 35 km (22 miles) wide at its narrowest point. A railway tunnel beneath it linking England and France was opened in 1994 (the Channel Tunnel)…
…a kind of mustard made from mustard seeds milled to a powder, having a very hot taste and typically bright yellow in colour…
…(in the UK) a type of accent identified as spreading outwards from London and containing features of both received pronunciation and London speech…
…a pidgin in which the chief language is English, used originally between Chinese people and Europeans…
…the English language as written and spoken correctly by educated people in Britain…
…a substantial breakfast including hot cooked food such as bacon and eggs…
…(in the UK) a body responsible since 1983 for England’s ancient monuments, listed buildings, and conservation areas…
…the war between Charles I and his Parliamentary opponents, 1642-9…
…a modern English translation of the Bible, published in the UK in 1961–70 and revised (as the Revised English Bible) in 1989…
…a large sheepdog of a breed with a shaggy blue-grey and white coat…
…the English language as spoken and written in Canada and the US…
…the largest dictionary of the English language, edited in Oxford and originally issued in instalments between 1884 and 1928…
…a tall deciduous tree which typically has rough serrated leaves and propagates from root suckers…
…a large tree which bears acorns and typically has lobed deciduous leaves. Oaks are dominant in many north temperate forests and are an important source of durable timber used in building, furniture, and (formerly) ships…
…a flat circular spongy bread roll made from yeast dough and eaten split, toasted, and buttered…
…a European plant of the dock family, with arrow-shaped leaves that are used in salads and cookery for their acidic flavour…
…the tall tree which produces walnuts, with compound leaves and valuable ornamental timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking and gun stocks…
…a Eurasian sedge with an aromatic rhizome, formerly used in perfumes…
…a small spaniel of a breed originally used to spring game. There are two main breeds, the English springer, typically black and white or brown and white, and the less common red and white Welsh springer…
…a tall deciduous tree which typically has rough serrated leaves and propagates from root suckers…
…a European plant of the dock family, with arrow-shaped leaves that are used in salads and cookery for their acidic flavour…
…a small spaniel of a breed originally used to spring game. There are two main breeds, the English springer, typically black and white or brown and white, and the less common red and white Welsh springer…
…a substantial breakfast including hot cooked food such as bacon and eggs…
…a modern English translation of the Bible, published in the UK in 1961–70 and revised (as the Revised English Bible) in 1989…
…a large tree which bears acorns and typically has lobed deciduous leaves. Oaks are dominant in many north temperate forests and are an important source of durable timber used in building, furniture, and (formerly) ships…
…the tall tree which produces walnuts, with compound leaves and valuable ornamental timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking and gun stocks…
