Because English came from two main sources - old French, and old Anglo-Saxon, there is a very large vocabulary of words.
因为英语来出自于两种主要语言：古法语和Old Anglo - Saxon，它有极为广泛的词库。
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One is Latin, the other is Anglo-Saxon. The words derived from Latin are the enemy—they will strangleand suffocate everything you write.
来自拉丁语的单词是我们的宿敌——它们会使你的写作佶屈聱牙。
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"It is amazing to see how many words there were in Anglo-Saxon times for diseases of the feet," said Professor Kay, who took over the running of the project in 1989.