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!"
- pron. (poss. Its; pl. They) 1 thing (or occasionally an animal or child) previously named or in question (took a stone and threw it).
- person in question (who is it? It is i).
- as the subject of an impersonal verb (it is raining; it is winter; it is two miles to bath).
- as a substitute for a deferred subject or object (it is silly to talk like that; i take it that you agree).
- as a substitute for a vague object (brazen it out).
- as the antecedent to a relative word or clause (it was an owl that i heard).
- exactly what is needed.
- extreme limit of achievement.
- colloq. A sexual intercourse. B sex appeal. 10 (in children's games) player who has to perform a required feat. that's it colloq. That is: 1 what is required.
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.
