A musical director was having a lot of trouble with one drummer. He talked and talked and talked with the drummer, but his performance simply didn"t improve.
Finally, before the whole orchestra, he said, "When a musician just can"t handle his instrument and doesn"t improve when given help, they take away the instrument, and give him two sticks, and make him a drummer."
A stage whisper was heard from the percussion section: "And if he can"t handle even that, they take away one of his sticks and make him a conductor."
—predic. Adj. Wrong, out of order. —adv. Wrong(ly), inappropriately (everything went amiss). take amiss be offended by. [old norse à mis so as to miss]
AMITY
n. Friendship. [latin amicus friend]
AMONG
prep. (also amongst) 1 surrounded by, with (lived among the trees; be among friends).
- included in (among us were dissidents).
- in the category of (among his best works).
- a between; shared by (divide it among you). B from the joint resources of (among us we can manage it).
- with one another (talked among themselves). [old english, = in a crowd]
AMOUR
n. (esp. Secret) love affair. [french, = love]
- propre n. Self-respect. [french]
AMPLE
adj. (ampler, amplest) 1 a plentiful, abundant, extensive. B euphem. Large, stout.
- more than enough. amply adv. [latin amplus]
AMUCK
var. Of *amok.
AMUSE
v. (-sing) 1 cause to laugh or smile.
- interest or occupy. amusing adj. [french a cause to, muser stare]
ANGEL
cake n. Light sponge cake.
- n. - a attendant or messenger of god. B representation of this in human form with wings.
- virtuous or obliging person.
- slang financial backer of a play etc. [greek aggelos messenger]
ANGER
—n. Extreme or passionate displeasure. —v. Make angry. [old norse angr grief]
ANGLE
n. (usu. In pl.) Member of a n. German tribe that settled in e. Britain in the 5th c. [latin anglus, from the name angul in germany]
- —n. - space between two meeting lines or surfaces, esp. As measured in degrees.
- corner.
- point of view. —v. (-ling) 1 move or place obliquely.
- present (information) in a biased way. [latin angulus]
- v. (-ling) 1 fish with hook and line.
- (foll. By for) seek an objective indirectly (angled for a loan). angler n. [old english]
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