Upon waking, a woman said to her husband, "I just dreamt that you gave me a necklace of pearls. What do you think it means?"
The man smiled and kissed his wife. "Youll know tonight," he softly whispered.
That evening, the man came home with a small package which he gave to his wife. She jumped up and embraced him, and then settled on the couch to slowly and delicately unwrap the package.
It contained a book entitled, "The Meaning of Dreams".
- law threat or display of violence against a person. —v. Make an assault on. assault and battery law threatening act resulting in physical harm to a person. [latin: related to *assail]
ASSEGAI
n. (also assagai) light iron-tipped s. African spear. [arabic, = the spear]
ASSHOLE
n. (brit. Arsehole) coarse slang 1 anus.
- offens. Contemptible person.
ASSIZES
n.pl. Hist. Court periodically administering the civil and criminal law. [french: related to *assess]
ASSUAGE
v. (-ging) 1 calm or soothe.
- appease (an appetite). assuagement n. [latin suavis sweet]
ASTOUND
v. Astonish greatly.
ASTRIDE
—adv. - (often foll. By of) with a leg on each side.
- with legs apart. —prep. Astride of; extending across.
ASUNDER
adv. Literary apart.
ATAVISM
n. - reappearance of a remote ancestral characteristic, throwback.
- reversion to an earlier type. atavistic adj. [latin atavus ancestor]
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