We are interested in the weather because it _______ us so directly—what we wear, what we do and even how we feel.

The word “minister” originally meant “a servant”, but now has changed to“a head of a ministry ”. This process of meaning change is called ______ .

ThefollowingwordsofthebasicwordstockdenotethemostcommonthingsandphenomenaoftheworldaroundusEXCEPT______.

“Woman” becomes “ Frau” in German, “femme” in French and “f ùnǔ” in Chinese. This example shows that in different languages the same concept can be represented by different ______ .

In grammatical context, the meaning of a word may be influenced by the ______in which it occurs.