Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents the week before Christmas.
At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs.
"I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE…
I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO…
I PRAY FOR A NEW VCR…"
His older brother leaned over and nudged the younger brother and said, "Why are you shouting your prayers? God isn’t deaf."
To which the little brother replied, "No, but Grandma is!”
adj. (suppler, supplest) flexible, pliant. suppleness n. [latin supplex]
SUPPLY
—v. (-ies, -ied) 1 provide (a thing needed).
- (often foll. By with) provide (a person etc. With a thing).
- meet or make up for (a deficiency or need etc.). —n. (pl. -ies) 1 providing of what is needed.
- stock, store, amount, etc., of something provided or obtainable.
- (in pl.) Provisions and equipment for an army, expedition, etc.
- (often attrib.) Schoolteacher etc. Acting as a temporary substitute for another. in short supply scarce. Supply and demand econ. Quantities available and required, as factors regulating price.
SURELY
adv. - with certainty or safety (slowly but surely).
- as an appeal to likelihood or reason (surely that can't be right).
SURETY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 money given as a guarantee of performance etc.
- (esp. In phr. Stand surety for) person who takes responsibility for another's debt, obligation, etc. [french from latin]
SURTAX
n. Additional tax, esp. On high incomes. [french: related to *sur-1]
SURVEY
—v. - view or consider as a whole.
- examine the condition of (a building etc.).
- determine the boundaries, extent, ownership, etc. Of (a district etc.). —n. - general view or consideration.
- a act of surveying property. B statement etc. Resulting from this.
- investigation of public opinion etc.
- map or plan made by surveying. [latin: related to *super-, video see]
SUTTEE
n. Esp. Hist. - hindu custom of a widow's suicide on her husband's funeral pyre.
- widow undergoing this. [sanskrit sati faithful wife]
SUTURE
—n. - stitching of the edges of a wound or incision.
- thread or wire used for this. —v. (-ring) stitch (a wound or incision). [latin suo sut- sew]
SVELTE
adj. Slender, lissom, graceful. [french from italian]
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