It was World War II, and the captain was attempting to rally the GIs on the eve of a big offensive.
"Out there," said the captain, "is your enemy. The man who has made your life miserable, who is working to destroy you; the man who has been trying to kill you day after day throughout this war."
Private Johnson jumped to his feet. "My God! The cook’s working for the Germans!"
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PRESIDIUM n. (also praesidium) standing committee in a communist country. [latin: related to *preside]
PRESSGANG —n. - hist. Body of men employed to press men into army or navy service. - any group using coercive methods. —v. Force into service.
PRESSSTUD n. Small fastening device engaged by pressing its two halves together.
PRETENDER n. Person who claims a throne, title, etc.
PRETERITE (us preterit) gram. —adj. Expressing a past action or state. —n. Preterite tense or form. [latin praeteritum past]
PREVALENT adj. - generally existing or occurring. - predominant. prevalence n. [related to *prevail]
PRICELESS adj. - invaluable. - colloq. Very amusing or absurd.
PRIMITIVE —adj. - at an early stage of civilization (primitive man). - undeveloped, crude, simple (primitive methods). —n. - untutored painter with a direct naïve style. - picture by such a painter. primitively adv. Primitiveness n. [latin: related to *prime1]
PRINCIPAL boy n. Leading male role in a pantomime, usu. Played by a woman. - parts n.pl. Gram. Parts of a verb from which all other parts can be deduced. - —adj. - (usu. Attrib.) First in rank or importance; chief. - main, leading. —n. - chief person. - head of some schools, colleges, and universities. - leading performer in a concert, play, etc. - capital sum as distinct from interest or income. - person for whom another is agent etc. - civil servant of the grade below secretary. - person directly responsible for a crime. principally adv. [latin: related to *prince]
PRINCIPLE n. - fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or action. - a personal code of conduct (person of high principle). B (in pl.) Personal rules of conduct (has no principles). - general law in physics etc. - law of nature forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine etc. - fundamental source; primary element. in principle in theory. On principle on the basis of a moral attitude. [latin principium source]
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Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee"s head and 2 larger ones in front.