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1. The most common letter in English is "e".
1、英语里最常见的字母是“e” 。


2. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
2、英语里最常见的辅音字母是“r”，接着是“t” 。


3. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
3、当代英语只有“angry”和“hungry”两个单词是以“gry”结尾的 。

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4. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.
4、“bookkeeper”这个单词（还有与之相关的“bookkeeping”）是唯一一个不带连字符、有三对连续重复字母的单词 。还有一个类似的单词是“sweet-toothed”，但它需要用连字符连接以确保能读出来 。


5. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "extreme fear of the number 13". This superstition is related to "paraskevidekatriaphobia", which means "fear of Friday the 13th".
5、有个词叫“triskaidekaphobia”，意思是“对数字13的极度恐惧” 。这种迷信也和“paraskevidekatriaphobia”这个词有关，意思是“害怕13号正好是礼拜五的那天” 。


6. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.
6、以“s”打头的单词比其他任何字母打头的单词都要多 。


7. A preposition is always followed by a noun (ie noun, proper noun, pronoun, noun group, gerund).
7、介词后面永远要跟一个名词（或专有名词、代词、名词词组、动名词） 。


8. The word "uncopyrightable" is the longest English word in normal use that contains no letter more than once.
8、“uncopyrightable”是英文里最长的无重复字母的常见单词 。


9.A sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet is called a "pangram".
9、一个包含所有26个字母的句子叫做“pangram” 。


10. The following sentence contains all 26 letters of the alphabet: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." This sentence is often used to test typewriters or keyboards.
10、下面这个句子就包含所有26个字母“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy
dog.”（敏捷的棕色狐狸跳过了懒狗），这个句子也常被用来测试打字机或键盘 。


11. The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: alpha, bēta.
11、“alphabet”这个单词来源于前两个希腊字母：α和β 。


12. In English, the @ symbol is usually called "the at sign" or "the at symbol".
12、英语中，@符号通常叫做“at标志”、或“at符号” 。


13. The shortest complete sentence in English is the following. "I am."
13、英语里最短的完整句子是“I am” 。


14. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat" meaning "the king is helpless".
14、象棋里“将军”这个词来源于波斯语“Shah Mat”，意思是“国王束手无策” 。


15. The longest English word without a true vowel is "rhythm".
15、英语里最长的没有元音字母的单词是“rhythm” 。


16. The only planet not named after a god is our own, Earth.
16、唯一一个不以神的名字命名的行星是我们地球 。


17.We can find 10 words in the 7-letter word "therein" without rearranging any of its letters: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

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