and to mail to the Editor of the Dictionary examples of how particular words were used in those books. The volunteer ‘Readers’ were instructed to write out the words and sentences on small 4 x 6-inch ...

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(JTA) — A German dictionary entry for the word “Jew ... Sarah Bunin Benor, a professor at Hebrew Union College who writes about Jews and language, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in ...

Complete the following tasks questions using a dictionary or an online dictionary. For each task, write the word down correctly and then write out what the word means. Find a word the begins with re-.