A lawyer and a doctor were on an extravagant fishing trip.
The lawyer said, "I am here because my house burned down and everything I owned was burned. The insurance company paid a mint for everything I lost."
"Now that’s quite a coincidence," said the doctor, "I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything."
The lawyer looked somewhat confused and said, "Really? How do you start a flood?"
—n. - a = *hydrogen peroxide. B (often attrib.) Solution of hydrogen peroxide used esp. To bleach the hair.
- compound of oxygen with another element containing the greatest possible proportion of oxygen. —v. (-ding) bleach (the hair) with peroxide. [from *per-, *oxide]
PERSONAL
adj. - one's own; individual; private.
- done or made in person (my personal attention).
- directed to or concerning an individual (personal letter).
- referring (esp. In a hostile way) to an individual's private life or concerns (personal remarks; no need to be personal).
- of the body and clothing (personal hygiene).
- existing as a person (a personal god).
- gram. Of or denoting one of the three persons (personal pronoun).
- column n. Part of a newspaper devoted to private advertisements and messages.
- computer n. Computer designed for use by a single individual.
- equity plan n. Scheme for tax-free personal investments through financial institutions.
- organizer n. Means of keeping track of personal affairs, esp. A loose-leaf notebook divided into sections.
- pronoun n. Pronoun replacing the subject, object, etc., of a clause etc., e.g. I, we, you, them, us.
- property n. Law all one's property except land and those interests in land that pass to one's heirs.
- stereo n. Small portable cassette player, often with radio or cd player, used with lightweight headphones.
PERSPIRE
v. (-ring) sweat. [latin spiro breathe]
PERSUADE
v. (-ding) 1 (often foll. By of or that) cause (another person or oneself) to believe; convince.
- (often foll. By to + infin.) Induce. persuadable adj. Persuasible adj. [latin persuadeo -suas- induce]
PERVERSE
adj. - deliberately or stubbornly departing from what is reasonable or required.
- intractable. perversely adv. Perversity n. (pl. -ies). [latin: related to *pervert]
PERVIOUS
adj. - permeable.
- (usu. Foll. By to) a affording passage. B accessible (to reason etc.). [latin via road]
PETITION
—n. - supplication, request.
- formal written request, esp. One signed by many people, appealing to an authority.
- law application to a court for a writ etc. —v. - make or address a petition to.
- (often foll. By for, to) appeal earnestly or humbly. [latin peto petit- ask]
PETTIFOG
v. (-gg-) 1 practise legal trickery.
- quibble or wrangle about trivial points. [origin unknown]
PETULANT
adj. Peevishly impatient or irritable. petulance n. Petulantly adv. [latin peto seek]
PHANTASM
n. Illusion, phantom. phantasmal adj. [latin: related to *phantom]
