China has more English speakers than the United States.
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The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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A legend suggests that clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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In Denmark, "Fart-kontrol" means "Speed check".
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