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Historical English Past Oed

9.7 Brilliant

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Classical 18TH Century Historical Arabic

9.5 Brilliant

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Classical Historical Chinese 18TH 19TH Century

9.5 Brilliant

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Mikhail Vasmer

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20TH Century Historical Slavic Russian German

9.5 Brilliant

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Classical 20TH Century British Latin

9.3 Excellent

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Italian 20TH Century Multi Volume Historical

9.3 Excellent

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Walther von Wartburg

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Swiss French 20TH Century Historical

9.2 Excellent

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Jan de Vries

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20TH Century Historical Dutch Germanic Etymological

9.2 Excellent

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Danish 20TH Century Historical English

9.1 Excellent

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Classical Historical Latin 1ST Century Bce

9.1 Excellent

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Daniel Jones

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20TH Century British English Pronouncing

9.0 Excellent

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Sherman Kuhn

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American Academic 20TH Century Historical

9.0 Excellent

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Henry Liddell

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Classical English Greek Past

8.9 Great

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Jonathan Lighter

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American 20TH Century Historical English

8.6 Great

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American 20TH Century Historical English

8.0 Great

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Morris Palmer Tilley

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American 20TH Century Historical English

7.9 Good

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John R. Clark Hall

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20TH Century Historical British English

7.8 Good

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Mitford Mathews

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American 20TH Century Historical English

7.6 Good

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Eric Stanley

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20TH Century Historical British English

7.6 Good

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American 20TH Century General Historical

6.6 Fair