Learn, Relax and Enjoy

What ‘F’ is a deserted infant of unknown parents - Foundling
What ‘F’ is a safety device used to protect an electric current - Fuse
What ‘F’ is a noisy quarrel - Fracas
What ‘F’ is sweet smelling - Fragrant
What ‘H’ is a humorous or mischievous deception - Hoax
What ‘H’ is abnormally bad breath - Halitosis
What ‘H’ is a hard cushion for kneeling on a church - Hassock
What ‘H’ is a school subject and is information about the past - History
What ‘H’ is a song in praise of god - Hymn
What ‘H’ is a line used to join two words - Hyphen
What ‘I’ is to transfix a body with a stake - Impale
What ‘J’ is youthful or characteristic of youth - Juvenile
What ‘J’ is fair or proper - Just
What ‘J’ is to throw overboard - Jettison
What ‘K’ is the start of a game - Kickoff
What ‘L’ is to rise and float in the air - Levitate
What ‘L’ is to put off departure - Linger
What ‘L’ is a rod passed through an axle end to keep a wheel on - Linchpin
What ‘L’ is a silver or gold case hung from the neck - Locket
What ‘L’ is the unlawful hanging of someone by a mob - Lynching
What ‘M’ is a motorized pedal cycle - Moped
What ‘M’ is a railway system using a single rail - Monorail
What ‘M’ comes before shake and maid - Milk
What ‘M’ is a body preserved by embalming - Mummy
What ‘M’ is a recurrent, very severe, form of headache - Migraine
What ‘N’ is a racing tip – and a short sleep - Nap
What ‘N’ means of the latter stone age - Neolithic
What ‘N’ is to take small bites at - Nibble
What ‘N’ is to pinch or squeeze sharply - Nip
What ‘N’ is a conventional Symbol that represents a number - Numeral

get going: leave.

"Look at the time! I'd better get going!"

 get it: understand something (often negative).

"I don't get it. What do you mean?"

 get a kick out of something: find something amusing.

"I really get a kick out of listening to children talk. They say some very funny things."

 get lost!: go away

"I wish he'd get lost and stop bothering me. I don't want to talk to him!"

 get on one's nerves: irritate someone; make someone upset.

"I know you like that song, but it's getting on my nerves. Can you play something else?"

 get a move on: hurry

"If you don't want to be late, you'd better get a move on."

 get one's wires crossed: be confused or mistaken about something.

A: "Bill said there was a meeting this morning. Don't we have one?"

B: "No. The meeting's tomorrow. I guess Bill got his wires crossed."

 get out of hand: become out of control; become badly managed.

"Your absences are getting out of hand, Bob. You'd better do something quickly to improve the situation if you want to keep your job."

 Get real!: Be realistic! / Don't be naive.

A: "I'm going to Las Vegas. I know I'll win a lot of money!"

B: "Get real! You'll probably lose a lot of money!"

 get up and go: energy.

"I'm really tired. I don't have any get up and go."

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Buxone Out Of The Box December 12, 2017