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
v. (-ding; past -slid; past part. -slid or -slidden) return to bad habits etc.
BACKSPACE
v. (-cing) move a typewriter carriage etc. Back one or more spaces.
BACKSTAGE
adv. & adj. Behind the scenes.
BACKTRACK
v. - retrace one's steps.
- reverse one's policy or opinion.
BACKWARDS
adv. - away from one's front (lean backwards).
- a with the back foremost (walk backwards). B in reverse of the usual way (count backwards).
- a into a worse state. B into the past. C (of motion) back towards the starting-point (roll backwards). backwards and forwards to and fro. Bend (or fall or lean) over backwards colloq. Make every effort, esp. To be fair or helpful.
BACKWATER
n. - peaceful, secluded, or dull place.
- stagnant water fed from a stream.
BACKWOODS
n.pl. - remote uncleared forest land.
- remote region. backwoodsman n.
BACTERIUM
n. (pl. -ria) unicellular micro-organism lacking an organized nucleus, esp. Of a kind causing disease. bacterial adj. [greek, = little stick]
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