He has been sick since this fall. Tell what "sick" and "fall" mean respectively and explain why they take on those meanings in m

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问题 He has been sick since this fall.
Tell what "sick" and "fall" mean respectively and explain why they take on those meanings in modern American English.

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答案(1) "Sick" means "ill" and "fall" means "autumn" in present American English; (2)These words no longer have such meanings in present British English; (3) American English has revived the old meaning of "sick" and that of "fall". This is the revival of archaic or obsolete words.

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