There once was a very rich man who wanted to take his wealth with him when he died. He prayed and prayed until the Lord gave in, but on one condition – he could only take one suitcase of his wealth.
The rich man began to worry, "What kind of currency should I take – the dollar, the pound, the euro, the yen?" He finally decided to turn everything into gold bullion.
The day came when God called him home. St. Peter told him that he couldn’t bring in his suitcase with him. The man explained that he had an agreement with God.
"That’s unusual," St. Peter said. "Mind if I take a look?"
The man opened his suitcase to reveal the shining gold bullion.
"Why in heaven would you bring pavement?" St. Peter exclaimed
n. Propr. Screen etc. From which a speaker reads a television script.
AUTOMAT
n. Us 1 slot-machine.
- cafeteria dispensing food and drink from slot-machines. [french: related to *automaton]
AUTOPSY
n. (pl. -ies) post-mortem. [greek autoptes eye-witness]
AVARICE
n. Extreme greed for wealth. avaricious adj. [latin avarus greedy]
AVERAGE
—n. - usual amount, extent, or rate.
- amount obtained by adding two or more numbers and dividing by how many there are.
- (with ref. To speed etc.) Ratio obtained by subtracting the inital from the final value of each element of the ratio (average of 50 miles per hour).
- law damage to or loss of a ship or cargo. —adj. - a usual, ordinary. B mediocre.
- constituting an average (the average age is 72). —v. (-ging) 1 amount on average to.
- do on average.
- estimate the average of. average out (at) result in an average (of). Law of averages principle that if one of two extremes occurs the other will also. On (or on an) average as an average rate or estimate. [arabic, = damaged goods]
AVIATOR
n. Person who flies aircraft.
AVOCADO
n. (pl. -s) 1 (in full avocado pear) dark green edible pear-shaped fruit with yellowish-green creamy flesh.
- tree bearing it. [spanish from aztec]
AWESOME
adj. Inspiring awe; dreaded.
AWFULLY
adv. - badly; unpleasantly (played awfully).
- colloq. Very (awfully pleased).
AWKWARD
adj. - difficult to use or deal with.
- clumsy, ungainly.
- a embarrassed. B embarrassing. [obsolete awk perverse]
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