Little Johnny and his family lived in the country, and as a result seldom had guests. He was eager to help his mother after his father appeared with two dinner guests from the office. When the dinner was nearly over, Little Johnny went to the kitchen and proudly carried in the first piece of apple pie, giving it to his father who passed it to a guest.
Little Johnny came in with a second piece of pie and gave it to his father, who again gave it to a guest.
This was too much for Little Johnny, who said, "It"s no use, Dad. The pieces are all the same size."
- a period of office of a regent or regency commission. B (regency) (in the uk) 1811 to 1820. [medieval latin regentia: related to *regent]
REGIMEN
n. Prescribed course of exercise, way of life, and diet. [latin rego rule]
REGRADE
v. (-ding) grade again or differently.
REGRESS
—v. - move backwards; return to a former, esp. Worse, state.
- psychol. (cause to) return mentally to a former stage of life. —n. Act of regressing. regression n. Regressive adj. [latin regredior -gress- go back]
REGROUP
v. - group or arrange again or differently.
- mil. Prepare for a fresh attack.
REGULAR
—adj. - acting, done, or recurring uniformly or calculably in time or manner; habitual, constant, orderly.
- conforming to a rule or principle; systematic.
- harmonious, symmetrical.
- conforming to a standard of etiquette or procedure.
- properly constituted or qualified; pursuing an occupation as one's main pursuit (regular soldier).
- gram. (of a noun, verb, etc.) Following the normal type of inflection.
- colloq. Thorough, absolute (a regular hero).
- (before or after the noun) bound by religious rule; belonging to a religious or monastic order (canon regular).
- (of a person) defecating or menstruating at predictable times. —n. - regular soldier.
- colloq. Regular customer, visitor, etc.
- one of the regular clergy. regularity n. Regularize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). Regularly adv. [latin regula rule]
REHOUSE
v. (-sing) house elsewhere.
REISSUE
—v. (-ues, -ued, -uing) issue again or in a different form. —n. New issue, esp. Of a previously published book.
REJOICE
v. (-cing) 1 feel great joy.
- be glad.
- (foll. By in, at) take delight. [french rejoir: related to *joy]
RELABEL
v. (-ll-; us -l-) label (esp. A commodity) again or differently.
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