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. Corn laws, but maize in North America, and now just maize also in the British Isles. Semantic change word Narrowing of word deer any animal a particular kind of animal meat Food edible part of an animal Semantic change word Widening of word holiday holy day any rest day horse horse any animal False Friends in Translation ?False friends at lexical level (Vocabulary) ? lover 情人(不是“愛(ài)人”) ? busboy 餐館勤雜工(不是“公汽售票 員”) ? busybody 愛(ài)管閑事的人(不是“大忙 人”) ?dry goods (美)紡織品;(英)谷物 (不是“干貨”) sweet water 淡水(不是“糖水”或 “甜水”) capital idea 好主意(不是“資本主義思 想”) dressing room 化妝室(不是“試衣室” 或“更衣室” locker room) False Friends in Translation ?False friends in Idioms ?make one‘s hair stand