The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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Crayola is a French word that means 'Oily chalk.'"
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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
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Beelzebub is Hebrew for 'Lord of the Flies'.
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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A “butt” was a Medieval unit of measure for wine. Technically, a 'buttload' of wine is about 475 liters, or 126 gallons.
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'Vodka' is Russian for 'little water'.
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