---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alaa Nassar <alanassar59@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: "food for thought" Hello Native Speakers.. The dictionary clearly gives the meaning of the word "roots" and I know what it means. My question is this: Appearing alone in the text and not followed by the word "vegetables", does it also mean "vegetables" (in spoken English perhaps)? Thanks a lot for thinking with me:) ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------