While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft.
Spotting and old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted,
"Are there any gators around here?!"
"Naw," the man hollered back, "they ain"t been around for years!"
Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore.
About halfway there he asked the guy,
"How"d you get rid of the gators?"
"We didn"t do nothin"," the beachcomber said. "The sharks got "em."
book n. Book for travellers, listing useful expressions with their foreign equivalents.
- —n. - group of words forming a conceptual unit, but not a sentence.
- idiomatic or short pithy expression.
- mode of expression.
- mus. Group of notes forming a distinct unit within a melody. —v. (-sing) 1 express in words.
- mus. Divide (music) into phrases, esp. In performance. phrasal adj. [greek phrasis from phrazo tell]
PHYLLO
pastry var. Of *filo pastry.
PHYLUM
n. (pl. Phyla) biol. Taxonomic rank below a kingdom, comprising a class or classes and subordinate taxa. [greek phulon race]
PHYSIC
n. Esp. Archaic. - medicine.
- art of healing.
- medical profession. [greek phusike of nature]
PHYSIO
n. (pl. -s) colloq. - physiotherapy.
- physiotherapist.
PIAZZA
n. Public square or market-place. [italian: related to *place]
PICKAX
n. (brit. Pickaxe) = *pick2 1. [french: related to *pike]
PICKET
line n. Boundary established by workers on strike, esp. At the entrance to the place of work, which others are asked not to cross.
- —n. - one or more persons stationed outside a place of work to persuade others not to enter during a strike etc.
- pointed stake driven into the ground.
- a small body of troops sent out to watch for the enemy. B group of sentries. —v. (-t-) 1 a station or act as a picket. B beset or guard with a picket or pickets.
- secure (a place) with stakes.
- tether (an animal).
PICKLE
—n. - a (often in pl.) Food, esp. Vegetables, preserved in brine, vinegar, mustard, etc. B the liquid used for this.
- colloq. Plight (in a pickle). —v. (-ling) 1 preserve in or treat with pickle.
- (as pickled adj.) Slang drunk. [low german or dutch pekel]
PICKUP
n. - slang person met casually, esp. For sexual purposes.
- small open motor truck.
- part of a record-player carrying the stylus.
- device on an electric guitar etc. That converts string vibrations into electrical signals.
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