英美大不同300個英國人不說的單詞

1、英美大不同300個英國人不說的單詞2015 年 01 月 27 日 11:59英美大不同300個英國人不說的單詞British and American English often spell the same word differently, for example: labour/labor, en thrall/e nthral, or cen tre/ce nter. You can find out more about these differe nces heres同一個單詞在英式英語和美式英語中往往有不同的拼法，例如：labour/labor,enthrall/enthral

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