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English is sometimes described as the world's 'lingua franca': it is the dominant language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, diplomacy, and is the native language of the internet
The main influences in English vocabulary are from Latin and Ancient Greek, French, and the languages of invading Germanic tribes and predecessors of modern English. Many sets of statistics have been published on this subject, though none is considered definitive
89% of school children in the European Union study English as a foreign language
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Skipping school
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The only time I ever bunked off school, I was thirteen years old. It was break time and I hadn?t done my French homework and I knew my teacher would be very angry. So, I decided to leave school and deal with the consequences later.
At first, I thought about going by myself but then I decided to ask some of my friends if they would like to come as well. It would be so much more fun if I was not by myself. Anyway, my best friend Niall, who was in a different class from me, decided that he would join me. Thus, we quickly marched to the bike sheds at the back of the playground as the bell rang for class.
We got on the bikes and headed straight for the school gates. I pedalled as fast as I could and all the time my heart was pounding, partly from the pedalling but mostly because I was scared of getting caught. We rode through the neighbouring housing estate with jackets covering our uniforms. Not that anyone would have noticed us or anything!
It was the beginning of summer and the sky was clear, the sun had been out for days and everywhere was quiet. Not having anywhere to go, we decided to visit the river as we knew nobody would find us there. When we got there it was already occupied with a few people from a neighbouring school who were also bunking off school.
We all sat together skimming stones and enjoying the sunshine, but every so often we would think about tomorrow and our punishment for skipping school. There really wasn?t much point thinking about it, I thought, as it was much too late now.
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