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BB (BEE BEE) (noun)
A tiny ball, or shot, measuring .18 of an inch (.46 centimeters) in diameter and which is fired from an air rifle or a shotgun: Rory's target practice consisted of shooting one BB at a time.
be (BEE) (verb)
1. The verb "to be"; to exist in actuality: Cliff will be here later.
2. To have reality in one's life: Shakespeare’s character, Hamlet, pondered reality: "To be or not to be...".
2. To have reality in one's life: Shakespeare’s character, Hamlet, pondered reality: "To be or not to be...".
bee (BEE) (noun)
1. An insect, solitary or social in habit, some species of which produce honey: Vince had bee hives so he could harvest the honey.
The bee flew from flower to flower collecting pollen which would be made into honey.
2. A get together or gathering of people for a specific purpose; such as, a competition between schools or the completion of a joint project: The sixth grade students won the spelling bee.The women met once each month for a quilting bee.
A bee is an insect that teaches us two lessons: One is not to be idle and the other is not to get stung.
Dudley's teacher gave him an assignment to write a silly sentence or two. This is what Dudley wrote: "To be or not to be a bee, that is the question. Is it more painful to be stung by a bee or to be accidentally hit by a BB?"
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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Eat drink and be merry (Ecclesiastes 8:15)
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The powers that be (Romans 13:1)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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