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6 Match the words/phrases in bold in text  to their meanings below.

Defeated by force

a common language used by speakers of other languages

taken In

became established

a series of actions that achieve a particular result

slightly different forms

B Outside Influences

What has made the English language a lingua franca is its 1) flexibility. The history of Britain is a tale of many 2) invasions, from Anglo Saxons to Vikings and Normans, to name but a few, and they all left a 3) lasting mark on the development of English as it is spoken today. One of the results of this is that English has always 4) readily absorbed words from other languages and this is a process that continues to this day. Words like ketchup from Chinese, hoi polloi from Greek and apparatchik from Russian are all commonly used in English.

The language grew not only because Britain was conquered so many times but also because of the British Empire. Whatever part of the world English took root in, the 5) inhabitants changed the way it was used. Each region has its own dialect of the language, which has added new vocabulary and uses its own unique 6) pronunciation or accent. What is fascinating is that these new variations on the language have also influenced how it is spoken in the land it originated in. English is a language that changes continually because of the vast variety of peoples and cultures that use it.