A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at the young boy, so he ran away, but he still wanted his ball back.
A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house, and when the lady answered it, he said, "My father"s going to come and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to the door with tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy take his ball away.
When the man finished fixing the window, he said to the lady, "That will cost you exactly ten dollars."
"But aren"t you the father of that young boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised.
"No," he answered, equally surprised. "Aren"t you his mother? "
—n. Long light narrow sledge for sliding downhill over snow or ice. —v. Ride on a toboggan. [canadian french from algonquian]
TOGETHER
—adv. - in company or conjunction (walking together; were at school together).
- simultaneously (both shouted together).
- one with another (talking together).
- into conjunction; so as to unite (tied them together; put two and two together).
- into company or companionship.
- uninterruptedly (he could talk for three hours together). —adj. Colloq. Well-organized; self-assured; emotionally stable. together with as well as. [old english: related to *to, *gather]
TOILETRY
n. (pl. -ies) (usu. In pl.) Article or cosmetic used in washing, dressing, etc.
TOILETTE
n. = *toilet 2. [french]
TOILSOME
adj. Involving toil.
TOKENISM
n. - granting of minimum concessions, esp. To minority groups.
- making of only a token effort.
TOLERANT
adj. - disposed to tolerate others or their acts or opinions.
- (foll. By of) enduring or patient.
TOLERATE
v. (-ting) 1 allow the existence or occurrence of without authoritative interference.
- endure (suffering etc.).
- find or treat as endurable.
- be able to take or undergo (drugs, treatment, etc.) Without adverse effects. [latin tolero]
