An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: «woman without her man is nothing». The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly. The men wrote: «Woman, without her man, is nothing.»The women wrote: «Woman! Without her, man is nothing.»
n. Any of various gaseous compounds of carbon, bromine, and other halogens, used to extinguish fires. [related to *halogen]
HALVA
n. Confection of sesame flour and honey etc. [yiddish from turkish helva from arabic halwa]
HALVE
v. (-ving) 1 divide into two halves or parts; share equally between two.
- reduce by half.
- golf use the same number of strokes as one's opponent in (a hole or match).
HAMMY
adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. Over-theatrical.
HANDS
off —int. Warning not to touch or interfere with something. —adj. & adv. (also hands-off) not requiring the manual use of controls.
- on (also hands-on) —adj. & adv. Of or requiring personal operation at a keyboard. —attrib. Adj. Practical rather than theoretical (lacks hands-on experience).
HANDY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 convenient to handle or use; useful.
- ready to hand.
- clever with the hands. handily adv. Handiness n.
HANKY
n. (also hankie) (pl. -ies) colloq. Handkerchief. [abbreviation]
HAPPY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
- a fortunate; characterized by happiness. B (of words, behaviour, etc.) Apt, pleasing. happily adv. Happiness n.
- hour n. Time of the day when goods, esp. Drinks, are sold at reduced prices.
- medium n. Compromise; avoidance of extremes.
HARDY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions.
- (of a plant) able to grow in the open air all year. hardiness n. [french hardi made bold]
- annual n. Annual plant that may be sown in the open.
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