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| | Intl and Special Words of Basic English from C.K. Ogden |
 | | One can suspect a casual level of international understanding of many more words that would not need to be taught: cosmonaut, internet. |
 | | Plus, entertainment, sports, and political superstars, real and factitious: Mickey Mouse, Pele, Hitler. |
 | | ammonia, asbestos, autobus, ballet, cafe, catarrh, champagne, chauffeur, circus, citron, cocktail, cognac, dynamite, encyclopedia, glycerin, hyena, hygiene, hysteria, inferno, jazz, liqueur, macaroni, malaria, mania, nicotine, olive, omelet, opium, paradise, penguin, platinum, potash, pajamas, pyramid, quinine, radium, referendum, rheumatism, rum, salad, sardine, tapioca, toast, torpedo, vanilla, violin, visa, vodka, volt, zebra. |
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