A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back.
A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house, and when the lady answered it, he said, "My father"s going to come and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to the door with tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, "That will cost you exactly ten dollars."
"But aren"t you the father of that young boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised.
"No," he answered, equally surprised. "Aren"t you his mother? "
n. (us candor) frankness; openness. [latin candor]
CANNERY
n. (pl. -ies) canning-factory.
CANTATA
n. Mus. Composition with vocal solos and usu. Choral and orchestral accompaniment. [italian: related to *chant]
CANTEEN
n. - a restaurant for employees in an office, factory, etc. B shop for provisions in a barracks or camp.
- case of cutlery.
- soldier's or camper's water-flask. [italian, = cellar]
CANVASS
—v. - solicit votes, esp. From a constituency electorate.
- a ascertain the opinions of. B seek custom from.
- propose (an idea or plan etc.). —n. Canvassing, esp. Of electors. canvasser n. [originally = toss in sheet, from *canvas]
CAPABLE
adj. - competent, able, gifted.
- (foll. By of) a having the ability, fitness, etc. For. B admitting of (explanation, improvement, etc.). capably adv. [latin capio hold]
CAPITAL
gain n. Profit from the sale of investments or property.
- goods n.pl. Machinery, plant, etc.
- levy n. Tax on wealth or property.
- sum n. Lump sum, esp. Payable to an insured person.
- transfer tax n. Hist. Tax levied on the transfer of capital by gift or bequest etc.
- transfer tax n. Hist. Tax levied on the transfer of capital by gift or bequest etc.
- —n. - chief town or city of a country or region.
- a money etc. With which a company starts in business. B accumulated wealth.
- capitalists collectively.
- capital letter.
- head of a column or pillar. —adj. - a principal, most important. B colloq. Excellent.
- a involving punishment by death. B (of an error etc.) Vitally harmful, fatal.
- (of letters of the alphabet) large in size, used to begin sentences and names etc. make capital out of use to one's advantage. [latin caput -itis head]
CAPRICE
n. - a whim. B tendency to this.
- lively or fanciful work of art, music, etc. [italian capriccio sudden start]
CAPSIZE
v. (-zing) (of a boat etc.) Be overturned; overturn. [spanish capuzar sink]
CAPSTAN
lathe n. Lathe with a revolving tool-holder.
- n. - thick revolving cylinder for winding a cable etc.
- revolving spindle carrying the spool on a tape recorder. [provençal]
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