1) The bandage was
wound
around the
wound.
2) The farm was used to
produce
produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to
refuse
more
refuse.
4) We must
polish
the Polish
furniture.
5) He could
lead
if he would get the
lead
out.
6) The soldier decided to
desert
his
dessert in the
desert.
7) Since there is no time like the
present,
he thought it was time to
present
the
present.
8) A bass
was painted on the head of the
bass
drum
9) When shot at, the
dove dove
into the bushes.
10) I did not
object
to the
object.
11) The insurance was
invalid
for the
invalid.
12) There was a
row
among the oarsmen about how to
row.
13) They were too
close
to the door to
close
it.
14) The buck
does
funny things when the
does
are present.
15) A seamstress and a
sewer
fell down into a
sewer
line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his
sow
to sow.
17) The
wind was too
strong to
wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the
tear
in the painting I shed a
tear.
19) I had to
subject
the
subject to a
series of tests.
20) How can I
intimate
this to my most
intimate
friend?
There is a two-letter
word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the
top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do
we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do
we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why
is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room,
polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP
the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the
old car. At other times the little word has real special
meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work
UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one
thing but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because
it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we
close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable
about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the
dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost
1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty
definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP
a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of
your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a
hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is
clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing
UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time
is UP, so............ Time to shut UP.....!