"I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. –Richard Nelson Bolles"
°a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words.
°sounds produced by infant during the babbling period.
°Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
"1851 A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists. — Herman Melville, ''"
°Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases.
"Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just... crickets."
°(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.
°An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.
°A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a shank partially or completely threadedshank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
verb
°To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
°(vulgar) (slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
°Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
°A sum of money or other valuables or consideration which an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).
"He got a five grand loan."
°The contract and array of legal and/or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
"He made a payment on his loan."
verb
°(usually double _ US dated in _ UK informal) To lend (something) to (someone).
°Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly.
"a hostile force"
noun
°An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.
°Walt Disney, a 20th century motion picture producer who founded the company by the same name, well known as the creator and first voice of animated character Mickey Mouse.
°(US Canada Australia Ireland Liverpool plurale tantum) An outer garment worn by men and women that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
°That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
°(military nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
verb
°To consider something highly valuable.
°To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
°Rushed action. When one is "in a hurry" (adverbial phrase) it means one is doing things quickly and often impatiently.
°In American football, an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
verb
°To do things quickly.
°Often with to speed up the rate of doing something.
°One who exerts power, or has the powertoact; an actor.
"Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. --Dryden."
°One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.