A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
n. - small flat-bladed tool for spreading mortar etc.
- scoop for lifting small plants or earth. [latin trulla]
TRUANT
—n. - child who stays away from school.
- person who avoids work etc. —adj. Shirking, idle, wandering. —v. (also play truant) be a truant. truancy n. (pl. -ies). [french, probably from celtic]
TRUDGE
—v. (-ging) 1 go on foot, esp. Laboriously.
- traverse (a distance) in this way. —n. Trudging walk. [origin unknown]
TRUISM
n. Statement too hackneyed to be worth making, e.g. ‘nothing lasts for ever’.
TRUSTY
—adj. (-ier, -iest) archaic or joc. Trustworthy (a trusty steed). —n. (pl. -ies) prisoner given special privileges for good behaviour.
TRYING
adj. Annoying, vexatious; hard to endure.
TRYOUT
n. Experimental test.
TSETSE
n. African fly feeding on blood and transmitting esp. Sleeping-sickness. [tswana]
TSHIRT
n. Short-sleeved casual top having the form of a t when spread out.
Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile; so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You"ll lose him or her every time.
