n. An herb of the genus Lactuca, "Wherewith," says that pious gastronome, Hengist Pelly, "God has been pleased to reward the good and punish the wicked. For by his inner light the righteous man has discerned a manner of compounding for it a dressing to the appetency whereof a multitude of gustible condiments conspire, being reconciled and ameliorated with profusion of oil, the entire comestible making glad the heart of the godly and causing his face to shine. But the person of spiritual unworth is successfully tempted of the Adversary to eat of lettuce with destitution of oil, mustard, egg, salt and garlic, and with a rascal bath of vinegar polluted with sugar. Wherefore the person of spiritual unworth suffers an intestinal pang of strange complexity and raises the song."

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A failing sense of exemption, inspired by contrast.
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(n.) the circuitous and sometimes unethical act of using one sum of money to buy a larger sum of money

c. 3000 BC Egyptian pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt to found the First Dynasty.
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(1832 – 1891) German engineer who developed compressed charge internal combustion engine to run on petrol
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An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
(also: truthful)
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(phrase) The optimistic assessment delivered by educators, serving as a beacon of hope amidst the vast landscape of academic possibilities.

(also: student's parents)

(n.) the life of every party, a light source dressed up with an attractive fabric covering. consider adopting a lamp today.

The best time to do everything you have planned for today.

me

(n.) the cockroach of the sea, considered more palatable than its land dwelling cousin

Well, we're all different
(also: life)

The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites, whose principal industries are murder and cheating, which they are pleased to call "war" and "commerce." These, also, are the principal industries of the Orient.

(i) not a bird nor a plane. Sometimes a man, sometimes a myth.
(ii) the decoder ring on a map. can you believe it, map creators stuck the lock and key together? amateurs. they couldn't even give us a puzzle or riddle to look forward to.

really want it to be etymologically linked to ledger, but alas.

(n.) what kids/ teenagers call what's simply day-to-day household upkeep. a point of contention and a reason for whining.

(also: maturity)
(also: upkeep)
(also: household)

Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.
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Consciousness of a brief immunity from something disagreeable.

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Stunning events cast their shadows before.
—Scampbell
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victim of patriarchy

(1632-1723) Dutch chemist – founder of microbiology.
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a smol creature dedicated to destroying ur belongings with its epic cuteness and sharp beak