A rookie police officer was out for his first ride with an experienced partner. A call came in telling them to disperse some people who were loitering.
The officers drove to the street and observed a small crowd standing on a corner. The rookie rolled down his window and said, "Let"s get off the corner people."
A few glances, but no one moved, so he barked again, "Let"s get off that corner... NOW!"
Intimidated, the group of people began to leave, casting puzzled stares in his direction.
Proud of his first official act, the young policeman turned to his partner and asked, "Well, how did I do?"
"Pretty good," chuckled the vet, "especially since this is a bus stop."
- morally repulsive (ugly vices). ugliness n. [old norse]
- customer n. Threatening or violent person.
- duckling n. Person lacking early promise but blossoming later.
ULNA
n. (pl. Ulnae) 1 thinner and longer bone in the forearm, opposite to the thumb.
- corresponding bone in an animal's foreleg or a bird's wing. ulnar adj. [latin]
UNDO
v. (3rd sing. Present -does; past -did; past part. -done; pres. Part. -doing) 1 unfasten (a coat, button, parcel, etc.), or the clothing of (a person).
- annul, cancel (cannot undo the past).
- ruin the prospects, reputation, or morals of.
UNIT
cost n. Cost of producing one item.
- n. - a individual thing, person, or group, esp. For calculation. B smallest component of a complex whole.
- quantity as a standard of measurement (unit of heat; si unit).
- smallest share in a unit trust.
- part of a mechanism with a specified function.
- fitted item of furniture, esp. As part of a set.
- subgroup with a special function.
- group of buildings, wards, etc., in a hospital.
- a single-digit number. B the number ‘one’. [latin unus one]
- price n. Price charged for each unit of goods supplied.
- trust n. Company investing contributions from many persons in various securities and paying proportional dividends.
UNTO
prep. Archaic = *to (in all uses except signalling the infinitive). [from *until, with to replacing til]
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