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UW_Terence  +  279376 Thu, 12 Oct 06 04:41 AM

These trios of words have meaning in common.
e.g. dance, stairs, ladder --> steps
      car, elephant, tree --> trunks

1. baseball, unions, bowling
2. horses, brakes, closets
3. ruler, shoe, hill
4. mouth, comb, fairy
5. face, needle, hurricane
6. hearth, fly, gun
7. music, soup, saloon
8. bands, cows, cars
9. robin, theater stage, pilot
10.  finger, boxing, bathtub
11.  dog, pillow, clock
12.  car trunk, cards, rabbits

Any idea?

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Grammar Geek  +  279389 Thu, 12 Oct 06 05:04 AM

2. shoes

4 - do fairies have teeth?

10. rings

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UW_Terence  +  279396 Thu, 12 Oct 06 05:23 AM
 Grammar Geek wrote:

4 - do fairies have teeth?

I guess that would work, since there are tooth fairies.  ^^

Grammar Geek  +  279404 Thu, 12 Oct 06 05:37 AM

D'oh! Of course.

5. Eyes.

Got any hints for any of the others? (Is 1 leagues? I'm not sure how to associate league with union.)

UW_Terence  +  279521 Thu, 12 Oct 06 09:31 AM
 Grammar Geek wrote:

Got any hints for any of the others? (Is 1 leagues? I'm not sure how to associate league with union.)

The two examples are all the hints I have. Sad [:(]

benita  +  279632 Thu, 12 Oct 06 01:58 PM

2. horses, brakes, closets – SHOES


3. ruler, shoe, hill – DISTANCE, HEIGHT?


5. face, needle, hurricane - EYE


6. hearth, fly, gun - FIRE

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FluidnMotion  +  279805 Thu, 12 Oct 06 07:20 PM

1. baseball, unions, bowling - Strike
2. horses, brakes, closets - Fhoes Courtesy - Benita
3. ruler, shoe, hill - Foot
4. mouth, comb, fairy - Tooth
5. face, needle, hurricane - Eye
6. hearth, fly, gun - Fire
7. music, soup, saloon - Country
8. bands, cows, cars -Horn
9. robin, theater stage, pilot - Wings
10.  finger, boxing, bathtub - Ring
11.  dog, pillow, clock - Fight
12.  car trunk, cards, rabbits - Jack

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benita  +  280102 Fri, 13 Oct 06 09:36 AM

Très bien!

(There must be a typo in the 11th one - it should read dog, pillow, ***, not 'clock')

FluidnMotion  +  280323 Fri, 13 Oct 06 04:16 PM

Merci beaucoup...............(I just learnt French as a part of a curriculum....Don't expect much)

~o0:-)>

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