N Key word freq. in english_proverbs % Texts freq. in BE06 RC. % Keyness P Lemmas Set 1 IS 266 4.24 1 8,993 0.89 412.54 0.0000000000 2 MAKES 32 0.51 1 195 0.02 143.56 0.0000000000 3 GOOD 51 0.81 1 799 0.08 143.37 0.0000000000 4 MAN 46 0.73 1 673 0.07 134.80 0.0000000000 5 CANNOT 27 0.43 1 164 0.02 121.26 0.0000000000 6 A 286 4.56 1 22,978 2.27 113.68 0.0000000000 7 NEVER 35 0.56 1 632 0.06 89.70 0.0000000000 8 YOU 90 1.43 1 4,389 0.43 89.32 0.0000000000 9 LOVE 26 0.41 1 297 0.03 87.49 0.0000000000 10 WISE 13 0.21 1 21 87.34 0.0000000000 11 BETTER 27 0.43 1 355 0.04 84.13 0.0000000000 12 THIEF 9 0.14 1 4 75.60 0.0000000000 13 DEVIL 10 0.16 1 14 69.35 0.0000000000 14 ILL 13 0.21 1 51 68.35 0.0000000000 15 THAN 44 0.70 1 1,699 0.17 58.32 0.0000000000 16 FOOL 9 0.14 1 18 57.45 0.0000000000 17 HORSE 11 0.18 1 66 49.62 0.0000000000 18 NO 45 0.72 1 2,040 0.20 49.10 0.0000000000 19 TRUTH 12 0.19 1 109 0.01 45.26 0.0000000000 20 FORTUNE 7 0.11 1 14 44.68 0.0000000000 21 SWEET 9 0.14 1 47 42.81 0.0000000000 22 ADVERSITY 5 0.08 1 2 42.53 0.0000000000 23 EVIL 8 0.13 1 33 41.36 0.0000000000 24 MAKE 25 0.40 1 813 0.08 39.68 0.0000000000 25 SHALL 11 0.18 1 121 0.01 37.73 0.0000000000 26 TRAVELS 5 0.08 1 5 37.08 0.0000000000 27 FRIEND 12 0.19 1 164 0.02 36.55 0.0000000000 28 EVERY 19 0.30 1 516 0.05 35.62 0.0000000002 29 DON'T 22 0.35 1 702 0.07 35.57 0.0000000002 30 BEAUTY 8 0.13 1 52 34.94 0.0000000005 31 KNOWS 9 0.14 1 78 34.69 0.0000000009 32 NOT 59 0.94 1 3,948 0.39 34.58 0.0000000012 33 MONEY 15 0.24 1 332 0.03 33.20 0.0000000054 34 NEIGHBOR 4 0.06 1 2 33.09 0.0000000059 35 SPEAK 9 0.14 1 89 32.57 0.0000000086 36 WORDS 12 0.19 1 202 0.02 32.17 0.0000000112 37 WILL 39 0.62 1 2,157 0.21 31.97 0.0000000127 38 WORTH 9 0.14 1 95 31.53 0.0000000167 39 FAIR 9 0.14 1 97 31.19 0.0000000204 40 HATH 4 0.06 1 3 31.18 0.0000000205 41 BEST 16 0.25 1 419 0.04 30.94 0.0000000236 42 BLIND 6 0.10 1 25 30.91 0.0000000241 43 DECEIVES 3 0.05 1 0 30.53 0.0000000299 44 DOG 7 0.11 1 46 30.44 0.0000000316 45 LONGEST 5 0.08 1 12 30.44 0.0000000316 46 COMES 10 0.16 1 142 0.01 29.78 0.0000000454 47 HONOR 4 0.06 1 4 29.67 0.0000000484 48 MAN'S 7 0.11 1 54 28.44 0.0000000939 49 GREAT 16 0.25 1 463 0.05 28.35 0.0000000984 50 BREAD 6 0.10 1 32 28.31 0.0000001004 51 LIE 7 0.11 1 55 28.21 0.0000001061 52 CATCH 7 0.11 1 55 28.21 0.0000001061 53 MEN 16 0.25 1 468 0.05 28.07 0.0000001140 54 FOOLISH 5 0.08 1 16 28.03 0.0000001165 55 YOUR 27 0.43 1 1,294 0.13 27.31 0.0000001701 56 WHAT 35 0.56 1 2,028 0.20 26.59 0.0000002487 57 CONSCIENCE 5 0.08 1 19 26.56 0.0000002529 58 THIEVES 4 0.06 1 7 26.37 0.0000002784 59 IDLE 4 0.06 1 7 26.37 0.0000002784 60 FAULTS 4 0.06 1 7 26.37 0.0000002784 61 SELDOM 4 0.06 1 8 25.53 0.0000004325 62 WISDOM 5 0.08 1 22 25.28 0.0000004922 63 PENNY 5 0.08 1 23 24.89 0.0000006029 64 NOTHING 13 0.21 1 350 0.03 24.55 0.0000007218 65 ALL 41 0.65 1 2,712 0.27 24.54 0.0000007254 66 MASTER 6 0.10 1 46 24.44 0.0000007639 67 SHAME 5 0.08 1 25 24.16 0.0000008831 68 FROM 6 0.10 1 4,541 0.45 -25.78 0.0000003794 69 HER 4 0.06 1 4,244 0.42 -29.57 0.0000000509 70 HAD 3 0.05 1 4,330 0.43 -34.56 0.0000000012 71 AND 102 1.63 1 28,069 2.78 -35.91 0.0000000001 72 TO 89 1.42 1 26,318 2.60 -41.31 0.0000000000 73 I 6 0.10 1 7,041 0.70 -51.61 0.0000000000 74 WAS 10 0.16 1 9,241 0.91 -59.91 0.0000000000