The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words, including critical, frugal, excellent, barefaced, assassination, and countless.
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The word "listen" contains the same letters as "silent."
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan.
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Thinking in a foreign language makes decisions more rational.
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word taxi is spelled the same in English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish and Portuguese.
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