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Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

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William Barnes, portrait by G. Stuckey, c. 1870; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William Barnes

English poet

Biagio Marin

Italian poet

Sir George Abraham Grierson

Irish linguist

Hermann Collitz

American linguist

Assen, Ivar

Ivar Aasen

Norwegian scholar

Bridel, etching after a portrait by Franz Doyen, c. 1800

Philippe-Sirice Bridel

Swiss author

Graziadio Isaia Ascoli

Italian linguist

Antanas Baranauskas

Lithuanian poet

Friedrich Bechtel

German scholar

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YOLO "You Only Live Once" written in bright colors and repeated on a purple background (acronym, slang)

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Hand with pencil writing on page. (handwriting; write)

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Artwork of British Union Jack in a speech bubble.

The Great British Vocabulary Quiz

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