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Do You Know these
1. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village".
2. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
3. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
4. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
5. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
6. No word in the English language rhymes(韵文) with month, orange, silver or purple.
7. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
8. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak
9. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt."
Think it Over
Sometimes punctuation(标点) is powerful and it can change the meaning of the sentence. Can you figure out the meaning of these two sentences?
Woman, without her man, is nothing.
Woman! without her, man is nothing.
.Anagram
Anagram is to scramble(打乱) the letters and make a new word or phrase:
1)Dormitory = dirty room
2)Desperation(绝望) = A rope ends it
3)The Morse code = here come dots
4)Slot machine (投币自动售货机)= cash lost in 'em
5)Animosity(仇恨) = is no amity(友好)
6)Mother-in-law(岳母) = Woman Hitler
7)Snooze (打盹)alarm = Alas! No more Z's
8)Semolina(小麦粉) = is no meal
9)The Public art Galleries = Large Picture Halls, I Bet
10)A Decimal(十位) point = I'm a dot in place
11)The earthquakes = That Queer Shakes
12)Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one
13)Contradiction(矛盾) = Accord not in it
14)Margret Thatcher = That great charmer(魔术师) |
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