Wayne was returning home from a business trip... bags in hand ... and slowly making his way to his vehicle in the crowded airport garage.
Suddenly a large dark car screeched to a stop in front of Wayne, and the driver pointed menacingly at him. “Get in," the driver ordered. "I"ll take you to your car."
Startled, Wayne took a step backward. "Ah ... no thanks," he answered. "I can get there myself."
"No," the man barked back as he threw open his passenger side door. "Get In !"
Wayne’s eyes now darted around the garage, hoping to find a security guard.
Just then, the driver’s face softened. "Please," he said, "I’ve been driving up and down for two hours. I can’t find a space to park and I want yours.
- pron. (poss. Its; pl. They) 1 thing (or occasionally an animal or child) previously named or in question (took a stone and threw it).
- person in question (who is it? It is i).
- as the subject of an impersonal verb (it is raining; it is winter; it is two miles to bath).
- as a substitute for a deferred subject or object (it is silly to talk like that; i take it that you agree).
- as a substitute for a vague object (brazen it out).
- as the antecedent to a relative word or clause (it was an owl that i heard).
- exactly what is needed.
- extreme limit of achievement.
- colloq. A sexual intercourse. B sex appeal. 10 (in children's games) player who has to perform a required feat. that's it colloq. That is: 1 what is required.
- the difficulty.
- the end, enough. [old english]
IAL
var. Of *-al.
IAN
var. Of *-an.
IBA
abbr. Independent broadcasting authority.
IBO
n. (also igbo) (pl. Same or -s) 1 member of a black people of se nigeria.
- their language. [native name]
ICE
age n. Glacial period.
- blue adj. & n. (as adj. Often hyphenated) very pale blue.
- bucket n. Bucket holding ice, used to chill wine.
- cap n. Permanent covering of ice, esp. In polar regions.
- hockey n. Form of hockey played on ice.
- lolly n. (also iced lolly) flavoured ice on a stick.
- —n. - a frozen water. B sheet of this on water.
- ice-cream or water-ice (ate an ice). —v. (icing) 1 mix with or cool in ice (iced drinks).
- (often foll. By over, up) a cover or become covered with ice. B freeze.
- cover (a cake etc.) With icing. on ice 1 performed by skaters.
- colloq. In reserve. On thin ice in a risky situation. [old english]
ICS
suffix (treated as sing. Or pl.) Forming nouns denoting arts, sciences, etc. (athletics; politics).
ICY
adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 very cold.
- covered with or abounding in ice.
- (of a tone or manner) unfriendly, hostile. icily adv. Iciness n.
IDE
suffix chem. Forming nouns denoting binary compounds of an element (sodium chloride; lead sulphide; calcium carbide). [extended from *oxide]
ILK
n. - colloq., usu. Derog. Sort, family, class, etc.
- (in of that ilk) scot. Of the ancestral estate with the same name as the family (guthrie of that ilk). [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.