Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson were on a camping and hiking trip.
They had gone to bed and were lying there looking up at the sky. Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I guess it means we will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you, Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
n. Parliament of the isle of man. [old norse, = assembly-field]
TYPHOID
n. (in full typhoid fever) infectious bacterial fever attacking the intestines.
TYPHOON
n. Violent hurricane in e. Asian seas. [chinese, = great wind, and arabic]
TYPICAL
adj. - serving as a characteristic example; representative (a typical english pub).
- (often foll. By of) characteristic of a particular person, thing, or type (typical of him to refuse). typicality n. Typically adv. [medieval latin: related to *type]
TYRANNY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 cruel and arbitrary use of authority.
- a rule by a tyrant. B period of this. C state ruled by a tyrant. tyrannous adj. [greek: related to *tyrant]
TABLETOP
n. Surface of a table.
TABULATE
v. (-ting) arrange (figures or facts) in tabular form. tabulation n.
