The doctor explained to Jenkins that he had a serious ailment for which an operation was absolutely imperative.
The patient turned pale and asked, "Isn’t it very dangerous?"
"Yes," the doctor replied. "Five out of six who undergo this operation die, but as for you, you have nothing to worry about."
"Why not?" eagerly inquired the patient.
"Well, you’re sure to recover because my last five patients died," the doctor reassured him.
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SAXE n. & adj. (in full saxe blue; as adj. Often hyphenated) light greyish-blue colour. [french, = saxony]
SAYE abbr. Save-as-you-earn.
SCAB —n. - crust over a healing cut, sore, etc. - (often attrib.) Colloq. Derog. Blackleg. - skin disease, esp. In animals. - fungous plant disease. —v. (-bb-) 1 colloq. Derog. Act as a blackleg. - form a scab, heal over. scabby adj. (-ier, -iest). [old norse: cf. *shabby]
SCAM n. Us slang trick, fraud. [origin unknown]
SCAN —v. (-nn-) 1 look at intently or quickly. - (of a verse etc.) Be metrically correct. - a examine (a surface etc.) To detect radioactivity etc. B traverse (a particular region) with a radar etc. Beam. - resolve (a picture) into its elements of light and shade for esp. Television transmission. - analyse the metrical structure of (verse). - obtain an image of (part of the body) using a scanner. —n. - scanning. - image obtained by scanning. [latin scando climb, scan]
SCAR —n. - usu. Permanent mark on the skin from a wound etc. - emotional damage from grief etc. - sign of damage. - mark left on a plant by the loss of a leaf etc. —v. (-rr-) 1 (esp. As scarred adj.) Mark with a scar or scars (scarred for life). - form a scar. [french eschar(r)e] - n. (also scaur) steep craggy outcrop of a mountain or cliff. [old norse, = reef]
SCAT v. (-tt-) (usu. In imper.) Colloq. Depart quickly. [perhaps an abbreviation of *scatter] - —n. Wordless jazz singing. —v. (-tt-) sing scat. [probably imitative]
SCOT n. - native of scotland. - person of scottish descent. [latin scottus]
SCOW n. Esp. Us flat-bottomed boat. [dutch]
SCUD —v. (-dd-) 1 move straight and fast; skim along (scudding clouds). - naut. Run before the wind. —n. - spell of scudding. - scudding motion. - vapoury driving clouds or shower. [perhaps an alteration of *scut]
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