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2/11/17

Hazard

Hazard comes from an Arabic word - "al zahr" or dice. Dice are for gambling which entails great risk or danger. Roll the hazard anyone?

You put a horse in a bridle, a pig in a girdle and a ram in a ramshackle. Why is the ram mad at you... but it can't run away? answer below...

Accord - to be in agreement. Memory trick: There is a cord between us. We are in accord.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Abraham Lincoln.



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answer: A ramshackle is a broken down house. The roof is probably leaking.. so the ram is mad but it can't get out and run away.
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