penknife, chore, to feast, Seeing Through the Fog

 

Seeing Through the Fog in Russia and Ukraine

 

OPINION
The Penknife: A Thanksgiving Memory

By Rafael Alvarez

Eating had become a chore for my parents, but I was determined to make a feast. I had never given much thought to Dad’s penknife until that meal.










It would be a royally fowl mistake to make a meal of these swans.



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Why the Queen Owns All the Swans in England
Only wealthy landowners were allowed to feast on these royal fowl.

feast  verb feasted; feasting; feasts Definition of feast (Entry 2 of 2) intransitive verb 1: to take part in a feast 2: to enjoy some unusual pleasure or delight transitive verb 1: to give a feast for 2: DELIGHT, GRATIFYfeasting our eyes on the scenery penknife /ˈpɛnnʌɪf/ Learn to pronounce noun a small knife with a blade which folds into the handle.