• Phen@lemmy.eco.br
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    1 year ago

    Plus every word has like 10 different meanings while other languages sometimes have 10 different words for the same thing.

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      1 year ago

      run is my personal favorite. Run for office, run off a copy, run out of something, run into something, run over something, etc.

      I don’t necessarily think this is uncommon in language (particularly with the most common ~20 or so verbs).