Across
- 1. The dictionary eventually appeared in 1928 and has continued to be______d ever since.
- 3. Science words like "acid","______", "electricity" and "pendulum" had to be invented.
- 5. ______was a hit with the locals and made them much happier to take on funky new words from Latin like"martyr."
- 9. Shakespeare's poetry showed the world that English was a rich______language.
- 11. Britain decided to take it on tour, asking only for land, wealth, natural resources, total______to the crown and a few local words in return.
Down
- 2. The British empire leaves new______of English to develop all over the globe.
- 4. American English ______ed back across the pons as Brits "got hang of" their "cool movies" and their "grrovy""jazz".
- 6. 1066:Wlliam the conqueror, ______s England.
- 7. In the 1500 years since the Romans left Britain, English has shown an unique ability to absorb,______, invade and steal.
- 8. All in all, the English ______ed about 10,000 new words from the Normans.
- 10. The English language begins as the Romans leave Britain ans a lot of Germanic______start flooding in.
- 12. Chapter 2 is about the Roman______.