A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."
- membership fee, esp. Paid regularly. —attrib. Adj. Paid for mainly by advance sales of tickets (subscription concert).
SUBSTANTIATE
v. (-ting) prove the truth of (a charge, claim, etc.). substantiation n.
SUBSTRUCTURE
n. Underlying or supporting structure.
SUBTERRANEAN
adj. Underground. [latin terra land]
SULPHONAMIDE
n. (us sulfonamide) any of a class of antibiotic drugs containing sulphur. [german sulfon (related to *sulphur), amide a derivative of *ammonia]
SUPERANNUATE
v. (-ting) 1 pension (a person) off.
- dismiss or discard as too old.
- (as superannuated adj.) Too old for work or use. [latin annus year]
SUPERCHARGER
n. Device supplying air or fuel to an internal-combustion engine at above atmospheric pressure to increase efficiency.
SUPERCILIOUS
adj. Contemptuous; haughty. superciliously adv. Superciliousness n. [latin supercilium eyebrow]
SUPERNATURAL
—adj. Not attributable to, or explicable by, the laws of nature; magical; mystical. —n. (prec. By the) supernatural forces, effects, etc. supernaturally adv.
SUPERSTITION
n. - belief in the supernatural; irrational fear of the unknown.
- practice, belief, or religion based on this. superstitious adj. Superstitiously adv. [latin]
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