Tom had won a toy at a raffle. He called his kids together to ask which one should have the present.
“Who is the most obedient?” he asked. “Who never talks back to mother? Who does everything she says?”
Five small voices answered in unison. “Okay, dad, you get the toy.”
- a faculty of imagination. B mental image. —adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 ornamental.
- extravagant. —v. (-ies, -ied) 1 (foll. By that) be inclined to suppose.
- colloq. Feel a desire for (fancy a drink?).
- colloq. Find sexually attractive.
- colloq. Value (oneself, one's ability, etc.) Unduly highly.
- (in imper.) Exclamation of surprise.
- imagine. take a fancy to become (esp. Inexplicably) fond of. Take a person's fancy suddenly attract or please. fanciable adj. (in sense 3 of v.). Fancily adv. Fanciness n. [contraction of *fantasy]
FANNY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 coarse slang the female genitals.
- us slang the buttocks. [origin unknown]
FARAD
n. Si unit of capacitance. [faraday, name of a physicist]
FARCE
n. - a low comedy with a ludicrously improbable plot. B this branch of drama.
- absurdly futile proceedings; pretence. farcical adj. [latin farcio to stuff, used metaphorically of interludes etc.]
FARSI
n. Modern persian language. [persian]
FATAL
adj. - causing or ending in death (fatal accident).
- (often foll. By to) ruinous (fatal mistake).
- fateful. fatally adv. [latin: related to *fate]
FATTY
acid n. Organic compound consisting of a hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxyl group.
- adj. (-ier, -iest) like or containing fat.
FATWA
n. Legal decision or ruling by an islamic religious leader. [arabic]
FAULT
—n. - defect or imperfection of character, structure, appearance, etc.
- responsibility for wrongdoing, error, etc. (your own fault).
- break in an electric circuit.
- transgression, offence.
- a tennis etc. Incorrect service. B (in showjumping) penalty for error.
- break in rock strata. —v. - find fault with; blame.
- geol. A break the continuity of (strata). B show a fault. at fault guilty; to blame. Find fault (often foll. By with) criticize; complain. To a fault excessively (generous to a fault). [latin fallo deceive]
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