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Translation

throat

Word origin

From French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, a variant of gurges ('whirlpool, gullet'). The same root gives English gorge for both the ravine and the eating.

Origin
French
Root
gurges
English cognates
gorge, engorge, regurgitate

Examples

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I feel a pain in my throat.

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After the long speech his throat was dry.

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The dog has a white patch on its throat.

Keep and apart: is the neck you see from outside, is the passage inside it. A scarf goes round the , a cold settles in the . The ĝ is the soft English j of judge, so the word is two syllables, GOR-ĝo, and not a hard g.

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This word is part of lesson 34.