universal tongue
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I joined a program funded by a global oil giant to teach 40 Saudi Arabians the universal tongue of petrochemical refineries.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2021
The language is no longer Latin but mathematics, and this is the universal tongue in which the higher rituals of the order are conducted all over the earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spoken as first language by 250 million people and as a second language by hundreds of millions more, widely dispersed English is becoming the universal tongue of trade, diplomacy, science and scholarship.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Good-night,” two sweet-voiced Utopians cry to us in their universal tongue, and I answer them “Good-night.”
From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
They conduct their sessions in English, which is the only universal tongue of the country.
From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
