A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
- (prec. By the; often foll. By with) (thing) amiss (something the matter with him).
- content as distinct from style, form, etc.
- (often foll. By of, for) situation etc. Under consideration or as an occasion for (regret etc.) (matter for concern; matter of discipline).
- pus or a similar substance discharged from the body. —v. (often foll. By to) be of importance; have significance. as a matter of fact in reality; actually. For that matter 1 as far as that is concerned.
- and indeed also. A matter of approximately; amounting to (a matter of 40 years). No matter 1 (foll. By when, how, etc.) Regardless of.
- it is of no importance. [latin materia timber, substance]
MATURE
student n. Adult student.
- —adj. (maturer, maturest) 1 a fully developed, adult. B sensible, wise.
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