learn something without effort over a period of time
pick up
My friends and I speak with northern _ _
accents
a language that is not spoken as a native language in your country
a foreign language
speak a language well enough to communicate about basic things
get by (in)
not as good at something as you used to be because you have not done it for a long time _ _ _ _
a bit rusty
able to speak the language easily and correctly
fluent
a language that you speak well but that is not your native language
a second language
a language that is used by many people
a widely spoken language
the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby
mother tongue
When they are shown in cinemas in my country, American films tend to be _ _ _ _ I wish they were ______instead because then I could improve my English while I watch.
dubbed, subtitled
British and American English are different _ _ _ _ of English - there are some differences in vocabulary and grammar.
dialects
French has a lot of _ _ _ _ from English, for example week-end, job, and jeans.
loanwords
a language that is spoken by only a small portion of people in a country
a minority language
able to speak more than two languages very well
multilingual
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