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  Dish and Desk: The Secret Twins Hiding in Everyday English

  Costume and custom, loyal and legal, dish and desk — three pairs of everyday words that each split from its own Latin ancestor.

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  Occur, Current, Course: The Hidden 'Run' in Cur- Words

  Occur, current, course and cursor come from one Latin verb meaning 'to run.' Secure looks like one of them but comes from a different root — care.

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  Contain, Retain, Detain: The Hidden 'Hold' in English's -tain Words

  Contain, retain, detain and maintain come from one Latin verb meaning 'to hold.' Attain looks like one of them, but belongs to a different family.

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  One Root, Ten Words: How Greek and Latin Roots Build English Vocabulary

  Learn one Latin root like spect ('to look') and you can decode inspect, perspective, conspicuous, and a dozen more — how word roots grow your English.

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  Collocations: Why It's 'Make a Decision,' Not 'Do a Decision'

  English says 'make a decision,' never 'do a decision' — by habit, not rule. What collocations are, and how reading the classics teaches them.