A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
arts n.pl. Poetry, music, and the visual arts, esp. Painting, sculpture, and architecture.
- —adj. - a of high quality; excellent (fine painting). B good, satisfactory (that will be fine).
- a pure, refined. B (of gold or silver) containing a specified proportion of pure metal.
- imposing, dignified (fine buildings).
- in good health (i'm fine).
- (of weather etc.) Bright and clear.
- a thin; sharp. B in small particles. C worked in slender thread.
- euphemistic; flattering (fine words).
- ornate, showy.
- fastidious, affectedly refined. —adv. - finely.
- colloq. Very well (suits me fine). —v. (-ning) 1 (often foll. By away, down, off) make or become finer, thinner, more tapering, or less coarse.
- (often foll. By down) make or become clear (esp. Of beer etc.). not to put too fine a point on it to speak bluntly. finely adv. Fineness n. [french fin from latin finio *finish]
- —n. Money to be paid as a penalty. —v. (-ning) punish by a fine (fined him £5). in fine in short. [french fin settlement of a dispute, from latin finis end]
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