Weekly Vocab #3.1.1 (repost #1)

Last posted: December 19th, 2003

> From: Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
>
> It's been more than a week since the last official edition, and
> I'm bored right now...  so here goes.  Sorry if I repeat words
> we've had before.  Brought to you by the letter l and adverbials.
>
>
> 1) light
>     In winter, we get so little sunlight around here that most
>     people suffer from a light case of depression, which shouldn't
>     be taken lightly.
>
> 2) last
>     My last old shoes have lasted long, but I've bought a new pair
>     at last.
>
> 3) left
>     Once you've left the tunnel, you'll have only little time left
>     to reach the building to your left.
>
> 4) lean
>     Leaning against a tree, the jogger stretches her lean calves.
>
> 5) long
>     Before long, I will be longing for an even longer vacation.
>
> 6) love
>     Were it not for my shyness, I'd love to confess my love to
>     the love of my life.
>
> 7) line
>     Though my grandmother liked the poem, she found the line
>     about a clothesline lined with lingerie out of line.
>
>
> Hmpf, I can't think of any more double uses...
>
>
> 8) laugh
>     Laugh, or be laughed at.
>
> 9) lump
>     When I have a lump in my throat, I drink a cup of ginger
>     tea with three lumps of sugar.
>
>
> And to perpetuate Christopher Wright's tradition...
> consider it optional, though.  =P
>
>
> 10) lung
>     After the king's men had torn my house down, burned my
>     crops, taught my children dirty words, and stuck a
>     fencepole through my chest, I found the wheezing noise
>     the hole in my lungs made when I played the tuba mildly
>     annoying.
>
>
>
> -- Christian Thalmann
Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you
or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up
different words and/or phrases:

  - Hirudinidae, n.
    a family of Hirudinea

  - wend, v.
    direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the crowds"

Fiant verba!

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