It was World War II, and the captain was attempting to rally the GIs on the eve of a big offensive.
"Out there," said the captain, "is your enemy. The man who has made your life miserable, who is working to destroy you; the man who has been trying to kill you day after day throughout this war."
Private Johnson jumped to his feet. "My God! The cook’s working for the Germans!"
n. Unit of length equal to 10-10 metre. [ångstrOm, name of a physicist]
ANIMATED
adj. - lively, vigorous.
- having life.
- (of a film etc.) Using animation.
ANNOTATE
v. (-ting) add explanatory notes to. annotation n. [latin nota mark]
ANNOUNCE
v. (-cing) 1 make publicly known.
- make known the arrival or imminence of (a guest, dinner, etc.).
- be a sign of. announcement n. [latin nuntius messenger]
ANNULATE
adj. Marked with or formed of rings.
ANOREXIA
n. Lack of appetite, esp. (in full anorexia nervosa) an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. anorexic adj. & n. [greek an- without, orexis appetite]
ANTEATER
n. Any of various mammals feeding on ants and termites.
ANTEDATE
v. (-ting) 1 precede in time.
- assign an earlier than actual date to.
ANTELOPE
n. (pl. Same or -s) swift-moving deerlike ruminant, e.g. The gazelle and gnu. [greek antholops]
ANTEPOST
adj. (of betting) done at odds determined at the time of betting, in advance of the event concerned. [from *ante-, *post1]
