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Show ( : ' 7T7 JUST STUFF 'Q BY f?M Vk Do is an interesting word. It's one of those words that is hard to explain. ex-plain. To do something means to perform or execute an action do the dishes, the vacuuming, the cooking, the laundry. There's that common question "So, what do you do?" and "How do you do?" Newlyweds don't quite know what it is they're getting into when they say "I do". Do you mean "bring about". "It won't 'do any good," or "I'll 'do' what I can." It deals with crime. Thieves "do" a job. A murder may "do" you in and "do" away with the body; a swindler may "do" you out of your money. When and if they get caught, they "do" time in the joint. It's a question "What 'do' you think?" It's adequate, it will suffice suf-fice "This room will 'do'." It's a verb "Do be still!" It's a party "That was some 'do' they had last night." It's a euphanism (one I can't stand) "Don't step in the dog 'do do'." Do deals with travel and moving about. Some athletes can "do" the mile in under 4 minutes. People "do" Europe and "do" plays. I often comment that I "do" a column. Some women "do" their face, they "do" their hair, they "do" their nails, and, as a woman, I know that what I "do" to my hair is not the same "do" that I do to my nails. Do that difficult to define devil that's definitely used in daily discussion. Besides the two letter ditty of do, there's also due and dew to do too, and before I "do" those, I'll say "adieu". |