This article focuses on interesting facts about words in the English language. They can add to your vocabulary those beginning to learn English.
1. There are no words that could rhyme with words Orange , purple , silver , month (orange, purple, silver, month)
2. The word "dollar" and "Valley" are related. The word "Dollar" comes from "thalers", which, in turn, comes from Yoahimshtal names locality in Bohemia, where the coin was minted silver thalers
3. In English, there are four words that end in -OUS : tremend OUS , horrend OUS , stupend OUS , hazard OU S (huge, monstrous, huge, dangerous). There are three words that end in -ceed : Pro ceed , ex ceed , suc ceed (continue, exceed, succeed). There is two words ending in -GRY : HUN GRY , an GRY (hungry, angry)
4. Farewell «good bye» came into English from «God be with you» (The Lord be with you), the phrase «so long» (forgive, pa-pa) came from the Arabic word "salam" (Hebrew "helmet")
5. A word that has the highest values in the dictionary - Set (set, set ...)
6. Shortest sentence in English consists of two letters: go (go, ed)
7. As in English, there are no rules read some bukvospoluchennya can be read in different ways. For example, take -ough . All of these words bukvospoluchennyam included in the sentence and read at the same time in different ways: A rough -coated, D ough -faced, th ough tful pl ough MAN strode thr ough The streets of Scarbor ough ; after Falling into a slough, he C ough Ed and hicc ough Ed [ə rʌf kəʊtɪd, dəʊ feɪst, θɔ ː tfəl plaʊmən strəʊd θru ː ðə Stri ː TS əv skɑ ː brə; ɑ ː ftə fɔ ː lɪŋ ɪntə ə slaʊ, hi kɒft ənd hɪkʌpt] - Roughly dressed, with a doughy face, stepped streets of Scarborough thoughtful plowman; hepnuvshys into the swamp, he coughed and hyknuv.
8. The word " Ecology »(environment) is derived from the Greek words« oikos »- apartments,« logos »- science word.
9. Tea Earl Grey should be translated as Earl Grey, Earl Grey and not, as all the legends of the name lead to specific individuals. Typically, this flavored black tea with added bergamot oil.
10. Title candy "Duchess" comes from the word " duchess »[dʌtʃɪs] (Duchess) - sort of a pear, which is a suffix added to the root word" duke "(Duke), which is derived from the Latin« dux »(leader). Mussolini called himself a "big Duce" in Odessa is a monument to Duke (Duke) Richelieu.
11. In English numerals from 1 to 99 letters, no a , B , C , D