Proverbial Problems

There’s a word missing from each of these proverbs. Choose the correct one from the three possibilities and translate into Russian.

1. An Englishman’s home is his …. security

castle

palace

2. Let sleeping dogs …. sleep

dream

lie

3. Many … make light work. servants

hands

cooks

4. It takes all sorts to make a …. world

war

salad

5. Prevention is better than …. cure

punishment

medicine

6. … is thicker than water. coffee

blood

soup

7. A miss is as good as …. mister

mile

wife

8. Birds of a … flock together. family

cage

feather

9. It’s no use crying over … milk. sour

spilt

tinned

10. … begins at home. charity

learning

love

Do You Know That …

… There are 2800 languages in the world?

… 10 most widely used languages in the world are:

Language	Number of first language speakers	Language	Number of first language speakers
Chinese English Spanish Russian Hindustani	over one milliard 400 million 290 million 275 million 250 million	Arabic Portuguese Bengali German Japanese	160 million 160 million 155 million 130 million 120 million

… English is a state language in

Australia The Bahamas Canada Ireland (Eire) Many Caribbean islands, such as Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad

New Zealand The Unites Kingdom The United States republic of South Africa

… English is the second official language in

Bangladesh	India	Rwanda
Bhutan	Israel	Sarawak
Botswana	Kenya	Sierra Leone
Brunei	Liberia	South Africa
Burundi	Malawi	Sri Lanka
Cameroon	Malaysia	Sudan
Ethiopia	Nepal	Tanzania
Gambia	Nigeria	Uganda
Ghana	Pakistan	Zambia
Hong Kong	The Philippines	Zimbabwe

… English has 20 vowel sounds and only 6 vowel letters?

… in written English, the most frequently used words are in order: “the”, “of”, “and”, “to”, “a”, “in”, “that”, “I”, “it”, “for”, “as”. The most used in conversation is “I”?

… the most overworked word in English is the word “set” which has 58 noun uses, 126 verbal uses and 10 as a participle adjective?

… although not many Welsh words are well-known in England, the word “eisteddfod” is understood by almost everybody in England? This is the Welsh name for a competition where people meet to dance, sing and read poems. Usually, only Welsh is spoken at eisteddfod and in recent years they have attracted people who wish to protest against the influence of England on the Welsh language and culture.

… Hebrew has no vowels, only constants?

…April Fool’s Day (the first of April) is called Cuckoo Day in Scotland, Fish Day in France, Doll Day in Japan and Boob Day in Spain?

… there is an old belief that the cuckoo is first seen each year in England on April 20? The English word “cuckoo” also means “foolish”.

… the name which is most popular in Scotland is Smith? Scotland has 16 Smiths for every thousand people.

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