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Foreign Borrowings
Matching exercise
Match the words English borrowed from other languages to the language which made that loan.
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saga
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
slalom
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
ombudsman
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
sauna
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
marmalade
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
kebab
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
marimba
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Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
intifada
???
Arabic
Bantu (or African language)
Icelandic
Swedish
Spanish
Norwegian
Finnish
Turkish
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