 | Ruth Doan MacDougall - Fiction - 2010 - 400 pages
...I am about Ruhamah Reed. Between the two of us . . ." They smiled at each other, and Snowy began, " 'Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean — ' " Wife. Eat. Lick. She started to open her door. Alan quickly extricated himself from the car,... | |
 | Louis Daniel Brodsky - Poetry - 1996 - 644 pages
...o'clock; His brains were crushed by a falling rock. 10-11 ?/63 (05011) [Jack Sprat could eat no fat;] Jack Sprat could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean. So they divorced each other. What do you think of that? Hey, diddle, diddle! The cow ate the fiddle,... | |
 | English language - 2003 - 1282 pages
...produce than lean gas — gas of low calorific value (New Scientist). — n. meat with little fat: Jack Sprat could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean (nursery rhyme). — vt to make lean: His long illness leaned his body, — vi Obsolete, to become... | |
 | Eugene Chen Eoyang - History - 2003 - 202 pages
...different meaning in French. Next we turn to the couple who complemented each other in their eating habits: Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see. They licked the platter clean.' The French trans latophony version does... | |
 | David Weber - Fiction - 2003 - 392 pages
...SPRAT. So does the Special Investigator. In fact, he says he got the idea from the nursery rhyme." "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. And so betwixt the two of them, They licked the platter clean." "Yup, that's it," chortled Pierce. "Except... | |
 | Wiley Blevins - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 22 pages
...high-frequency words. Enjoy Compass Point Phonics Readers and watch your child read and learn! Jack Sprat Jack Sprat Could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so between them both, They licked the platter clean. / I am a doctor I. I am a firefighter I am a I am... | |
 | Perry L. Westmoreland - Interstellar communication - 2003 - 140 pages
...know the value of the universal constant for gravity in their own units. Chapter 23: The Atmosphere Jack sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so between them both, They licked the platter clean. The following information should be included in our... | |
 | Linda Bronson - Juvenile Fiction - 2003 - 48 pages
...you think they'd be? The Butcher, the Baker, The Candlestick-maker, Turn em out, knaves all three. Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. And so between them both, you see. They licked the platter clean. Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating... | |
 | Beatrice Trum Hunter - Health & Fitness - 2003 - 330 pages
...achieving an optimal diet. APPRECIATING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES "One man's meat is another man's poison." "Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. " Such adages acknowledge individual differences. Every human has distinctive finger and voice prints.... | |
 | Michael Rothschild - Business & Economics - 2004 - 448 pages
...victorious Americans failed to grasp the source of their triumph. PARTV • STRUGGLE AND COMPETITION Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean. —"Mother Goose" CHAPTER 19 ESCAPE THROUGH... | |
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Jack Sprat could eat no fat, / His wife could eat no lean; / And so between them both, you see, / They licked the platter clean. 
