Pangrams or holoalphabetic sentences

A Pangram or holoalphabetic sentence is a sentence using every letter of the alphabet at least once. Pangrams have been used to display typefaces, test equipment, and develop skills in handwriting, calligraphy, and keyboarding. The sentence, "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" has 32 letters in which all the letters of the English alphabet are found.

The best known English pangram is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." Short pangrams in English are more difficult to come up with and tend to use uncommon words, because the English language uses some letters much more frequently than others. Here are some short pangrams using standard written English: "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz." (31 letters); "The five boxing wizards jump quickly." (31 letters); "How vexingly quick daft zebras jump!" (30 letters); "Bright vixens jump; dozy fowl quack." (29 letters).

Small Talk:
Take him to the cleaners!
Manu Did you hear Peter and Sonu are separating ?
Kiran No way !
Manu And Sonu is taking him to the cleaners.
Kiran That's terrible ! How is Peter doing ?
Manu He's heart-broken. Sonu has a restraining order against him.
Kiran That's horrible !

Notes:
Take somebody to the cleaners - to get a lot of money from someone
Example: Her divorce pleader took him to the cleaners.

Know Your Vocabulary:
Choose the closest meaning and tick it.
1. Comprehensive
a) including much b) standing out c) valued highly
2. Irreconcilable
a) very sad b) off the subject c) unable to agree
3. Attune
a) bring into harmony b) mismatch c) look up for
4. Tentative
a) experimental b) confused c) closely related
5.Appalled
a) confused b) dismayed c) saddened
6. Ruse
a) mistake b) sneer c) trick
7. Unwarranted
a) not biased b) not justified c) useless
8. Registrar
a) official recorder b) slogan c) kind of beetle
9. Deplorable
a) comfortable b) shameful c) vigorous
10. Secession
a) majority vote b) withdrawal c) slowing down

Key:
1-a; 2-c; 3-a; 4-a; 5-b; 6-c; 7-b; 8-a; 9-b; 10-b

❝Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can; there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.❞

BY: Sarah Caldwell

[Sarah Caldwell, March 6, 1924 – March 23, 2006, was an American opera conductor and stage director of opera.]