Bread can be stale, relationships can be stale, even jokes can be stale- a fact that my family and friends remind me often.
2. Blackboard
Answer: Least
Slate.
Blackboards used to be made of slate, before they went all fancy and electronic. Slate is a metamorphic rock, and has also been used as a roofing material. It is also a colour, a greyish-black.
3. Weapon
Answer: Spare
Spear.
A spear is a long shaft, usually with a pointed tip. It can have a separate head, made from materials like flint, metal or bone.
Practically every culture on earth has used spears, either for hunting or warfare, and it is one of the earliest known weapons. The oldest known spear dates from 400,000 years ago and was found in Germany.
4. Harvests
Answer: Spare
Reaps.
To reap literally means to harvest, but figuratively can mean 'to collect', as in reaping a reward.
5. Following
Answer: Spare
Après.
The word is directly lifted from the French, meaning 'after'. Après ski is all the activities undertaken after a day on the slopes, and quite often involves a fancy drink, like schnapps or Pernod.
6. Unit of magnetic flux density
Answer: Least
Tesla.
Dictionary.com defines it as "The SI derived unit of magnetic flux density, equal to the magnitude of the magnetic field vector necessary to produce a force of one newton on a charge of one coulomb moving perpendicular to the direction of the magnetic field vector with a velocity of one meter per second." So now we ALL know. It was named after Croatian-born inventor, Nikola Tesla, who was responsible for the development of alternating current power. He was the first person to invent a remote control boat!
In 2008, squillionaire Elon Musk released an electric car, naming it after Tesla.
7. Examine a sentence
Answer: Spare
Parse.
To parse a sentence is to break it down into it smallest parts, and examining each word, or even parts of words.
8. Loot
Answer: Least
Steal.
It simply means to take something that does not belong to you. It has oodles of synonyms- thieve, purloin, flog, pinch, nick, pilfer.
One less sinister use of the word is in baseball. To steal a base does not mean to take off with the base- it means to make a sneaky run from one base to the next.
9. Fruit
Answer: Spare
Pears.
I love pears! But they have to be juicy, not too hard but not too sloppy. Have you ever added diced pear to a salad? The can be eaten raw, stewed, canned or made into an alcoholic cider called perry.
The top grower of pears in 2022 was China, with more than 70% of the world's production.
10. Birds
Answer: Least
Teals.
A teal is a small duck, and has several species. They are widespread, mainly in the northern hemisphere, as well as Australia and New Zealand. The colour teal, a bluish-green comes from the bird, and also give its name to a faction of independents in Australian politics.
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