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1. Though the English word stomach derives from a Greek word stoma, that Greek word stoma itself does not mean stomach but:______________
2. Carillons got their names from a vulgar Latin word for a set of bells, :"quadrinio", or in a more French form: "quadrillon". How many bells was that originally?
3. The French word gigue refers to a dance for which you need agile legs.
A leg of mutton is un gigot in that same language. Which word for a professional seducer of ladies is also related to the idea of a "dancer with agile legs"?
4. How did corned beef get its name?
5. In more heroic times the man who walked in front of the army was the general himself, the army- ruler or "heri-wald". Later the man who walked in front of ther army was just the messenger, the announcer of news or the ________________
6. "Hurrah" was a shout that originated with the Cossacks in Russia. It meant:
7. Which of these words refers to forecasting events on the basis of dreams?
8. A marinade was originally a very simple affair. It meant that you soaked food in ____________________
9. Which of these words refers to a Portuguese type of song in which the sad fate of human beings is sung about in a plaintive, almost bluesy style?
10. Which of these is the correct origin of the word migraine ?
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