The general went out to find that none of his GIs were there. One finally ran up, panting heavily.
"Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general was very skeptical about this explanation but at least he was here so he let the G.I. go.
Moments later, eight more GIs came up to the general panting, he asked them why they were late.
"Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I"m here."
The general eyed them, feeling very skeptical but since he let the first guy go, he let them go, too.
A ninth GI jogged up to the general, panting heavily. "Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but..."
"Let me guess," the general interrupted, "it broke down."
"No," said the G.I., "there were so many dead horses in the road, it took forever to get around them."
v. (-ving) 1 (usu. Foll. By of) prevent from having or enjoying.
- (as deprived adj.) Lacking what is needed for well-being; underprivileged. deprival n. [latin: related to *privation]
DERANGE
v. (-ging) 1 make insane.
- disorder, disturb. derangement n. [french: related to *rank1]
DERRICK
n. - crane for heavy weights, with a movable pivoted arm.
- framework over an oil well etc., holding the drilling machinery. [derrick, name of a hangman]
DERVISH
n. Member of a muslim fraternity vowed to poverty and austerity. [turkish from persian, = poor]
DESCALE
v. (-ling) remove scale from.
DESCANT
—n. - harmonizing treble melody above the basic melody, esp. Of a hymn tune.
- poet. Melody; song. —v. (foll. By on, upon) talk prosily, esp. In praise of. [latin cantus song: related to *chant]
DESCEND
v. - go or come down.
- sink, fall.
- slope downwards.
- (usu. Foll. By on) make a sudden attack or visit.
- (of property etc.) Be passed on by inheritance.
- a sink in rank, quality, etc. B (foll. By to) stoop to (an unworthy act). be descended from have as an ancestor. descendent adj. [latin scando climb]
DESCENT
n. - act or way of descending.
- downward slope.
- lineage, family origin.
- decline; fall.
- sudden attack.
DESERVE
v. (-ving) (often foll. By to + infin.) Be worthy of (a reward, punishment, etc.) (deserves a prize). deservedly adv. [latin servio serve]
DESKTOP
n. - working surface of a desk.
- (attrib.) (esp. Of a microcomputer) for use on an ordinary desk.
- publishing n. Printing with a desktop computer and high-quality printer.
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A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.