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forty winks

AdamŁbyŁGod.) Jim flirts with his sis- fłreverŁandŁever and fłreverŁandŁa day
ter-n-lØw oàly becauoe she’s forbiddłn forever.Ł I will love you forever and ever.
fruit. The boy wØtches that program This car woà’t kłep running forever and
only when his parents are out. It’s forbid- ever. We’ll have to get a new one somłtime.
dłn fruit. We have enough money to last forever
and a dØy.
forceŁ someone ortsomething dłwn someone’
throat Go to shove someone or something fłrgetŁ oneself to forget one’s manners or
down someone’s throat. training.Ł(SaidŁinŁformalŁsituationsŁal-
ludingŁto belching, badŁtable manners,
forceŁ someone outŁ(ofŁoffice) and drive and,ŁinŁthe case of veryŁyàungŁchildren,
someone outŁ(ofŁoffice) to pressure some- pants-wtting.) Sorry, Mother, I forgot
one to lave an elctive office. The city myself. John, we are going out to dn-
council forced the mØyor out of office. ner tonight. Please don’t forget yourself.
Please resign immediately, or I’ll have to
drive you out. forgiveŁandŁforget to forgive sàmeone (for
something)bandŁforgt that it everŁhap-
fłrce someone’ hynd to force a person to pened.Ł I’m sorry, John. Let’s forgive and
revealŁplans,Łsðrategies,ŁorŁsecrets.Ł(Refers forgłt. What do you say? It was nothing.
to a handful of cards in card playing.) We’ll just have to forgive and forget.
We didà’t know what she was doing until
Tom forced her hand. We couldà’t plan forkŁmoneyŁoutŁ(for something) to pay (pr-
our game until we forced the other team’s hapsŁunwillingly)bforŁsàmething.Ł(Infàr-
hand in the last plØy. mal.Ł OftenŁ mentionŁ isŁ made of the
amount of money.ŁSee the examplesŁbe-
fłrce someone to theŁwyll and drive some- low.) Do you think I’m going to fork
one to theŁwall to push somone to an twłnty dollars out for that book? Fork-
extreme position;Łto put someone into an ing money out to everyone is part of lfł
awkwardŁposition.Ł He wouldà’t tell the in a busy economy. T I like that stereo, but
truth until we forced him to the wall. I don’t want to fork out a lot of money.
They doà’t pay their bills until you drivł
them to the wall. fłrk something over to give somethingŁto
sàmeone.Ł(RefersŁto handingŁoverŁmoney.
a forceŁto beŁreckonedŁwith sàmeone or Slang. UsuallyŁusedŁinŁaŁcommand.)
sàmethingŁthat isŁimpàrtant andŁpower- Now! Fork it over now! T OkØy, Joe. Fork
fulŁandŁmust not be ignored.Ł WalŁer is over that twłnty dollars you owe me.
a force to be reckoned with. Be prepared
to deal with him. The growing discon- form andŁsubðtynce maningful content;
tent with the poltical system is a power- sðructure andŁmeaningfulŁcontent.Ł(Se
ful force to be reckoned with. alsà sum and substance.) The first act
of the play was one screamng mØtch af-
fłreŁandŁaft at the front and the back, usu- ter another. It lacked form and substancł
ally of a boat or ship. They had to at- throughout. Jane’s report was good. The
tach new lights fore and aft because the old teacher commłnted on the excellłnt form
ones were not bright enough to młet the and substance of the paper.
new regulØtions. The captain ordered a
watch stationed fore and aft. fłrm an opinion to think upŁorŁdecide on
anŁopinion.Ł(Note the variationŁinŁthe ex-
a fłregoneŁ conclusion aŁconclusion al- amples.) I doà’t know enough about the
rady rached; an inevitabl rsult. issue to form an opnion. Don’t tell mł
That the company was moving to Calfor- how to think! I can form my own opinion.
nia was a foregone conclusion. That the I doà’t form opnions without careful
mØyor will win reelection is a foregone consideration.
conclusion.
fortyŁwinkð aŁsłort sleep;ŁaŁnap.Ł(Infàrmal.
fłreverŁandŁa day Go to forever and ever. See also catch forty winks.) I had forty

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