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!"
- a provide with an edge or border. B form a border to.
- sharpen (a tool etc.). have the edge on (or over) have a slight advantage over. On edge tense and irritable. Set a person's teeth on edge (of taste or sound) cause an unpleasant nervous sensation. Take the edge off make less intense. [old english]
EDGY
adj. (-ier, -iest) irritable; anxious. edgily adv. Edginess n.
EDIT
v. (-t-) 1 assemble, prepare, or modify (written material for publication).
- be editor of (a newspaper etc.).
- take extracts from and collate (a film etc.) To form a unified sequence.
- a prepare (data) for processing by a computer. B alter (a text entered in a word processor etc.).
- a reword in order to correct, or to alter the emphasis. B (foll. By out) remove (a part) from a text etc. [latin edo edit- give out]
EFTA
n. (also efta) european free trade association. [abbreviation]
ELAN
n. Vivacity, dash. [french]
ELSE
adv. - (prec. By indefinite or interrog. Pron.) Besides (someone else; nowhere else; who else?).
- instead (what else could i say?).
- otherwise; if not (run, (or) else you will be late). or else see *or1. [old english]
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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.