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? UW_Terence Joined on Thu, Oct 12 2006 New Member 08

	Grammar Geek  +  279389 Thu, 12 Oct 06 05:04 AM 2. shoes 4 - do fairies have teeth? 10. rings Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,651 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	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.  ^^ UW_Terence Grammar

	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.) Grammar Geek

	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. UW_Terence Grammar

	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 benita Joined on Mon, Jan 31 2005 India Contributing Member 1,667 But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep - Robert Frost

	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 FluidnMotion Joined on Tue, Sep 19 2006 Michigan, United States Full Member 150 So it is written, So it shall be done!

	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') benita

	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:-)> FluidnMotion