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Each of the verses below defines two words,
the second is the reverse of the first.
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| Example: Detractors will say I'm too greedy by far, ------ Avid Turn me around, I'm an opera star. ------ Diva |
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| 1. ' Tis true... I'm just a common
conjunction, Reversed, Holding water is my major function. |
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| 2. You may find one
of these at the end of a drill, Reversed, With one of these around, you may get quite ill. |
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| 3. I am sometimes
replaced with 'can' or 'might', Reversed, Add a touch of cinnamon and sugar, and it'll taste just right. |
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| 4. A tropical
infectious disease of the skin... Reversed, A glider or hammock you might do this in. |
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| 5. At the right kind
of meet, this you will do, Reversed, Dogs, cats, and yes we have 'em too. |
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| 6. This is a device
designed to snare, Reversed, Some folks have one in their hair. |
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| 7. Forward this word
is often preceded by door, Reversed, Do this to your head and you'll end up on the floor. |
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| 8. To go into in a
sharp, thrusting way, Reversed, These creatures are rarely seen during the day. |
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| 9. Forward, it's a
city, village, or town. Reversed, It's been said, "To get lots of protein, just swallow one down." |
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| 10. If it's done to your
drink... you could be killed! Reversed, If you'd like, you could put one on your windshield. |
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| 11. A word that relates to
the number two, Reversed - Get it right and I will praise you. |
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| 12. A smell or a name
given to a small bear, Reversed, If you throw it, you'll win at the fair. |
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| 13. A means of transport,
gliding on rail, Reversed, Where you go for something on sale. |
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| 14. This Scotland's in
England, that's really queer, Reversed, I need one to take home my beer. |
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| 15. A man-eating giant in
ancient folklore, Reversed, I have proven it to you, therefore. |
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| 16. Returned what was
owed, it's only fair, Reversed, It's some clothes for the small to wear. |
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| 17. Your frame of mind,
glad or sad, Reversed, It's a cause of one that's bad. |
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| 18. Used to turn things
that you sup, Reversed, The bellhop picks them up. |
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| 19. The tense man
sometimes this way acts, Reversed, They're after-dinner snacks. |
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| 20. A skunk can be one if
you let 'er, Reversed, How one fixes an unravelled sweater. |
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| 21. Vehicles to ride on
day or night, Reversed, Another name for bright. |
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| 22. This appreciation for
a service, I accept, Reversed, It's an artist, in drafting adept. |
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| 23. Control and direct
your four-legged friend, Reversed, With disputes his days are spent. |
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| 24. One hundred of
these equal one rial, Reversed, It's an amphibian, it's no gavial. |
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| 25. It's an elevated blemish on the skin. Reversed, It's what horses like to lie in. |
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| 26. A durable twill-weave cotton fabric, Reversed, Extracted minerals from the azoic. |
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| 27. If you can do this,
you could show at the Tate, Reversed, Take me there after you operate. |
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| 28. You owe me more money,
this fiver's just half, Reversed, It is found in the guts of a calf. |
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| 29. Take the stuff from
above to make this Dutch cheese, Reversed, Now it's done, manufactured with ease. |
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| 30. Midwives do this, it's
how we are born, Reversed, How one treated another with scorn. |
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| 31. You're wrong, Homer
Simpson, this word's not a deer, Reversed, You can carry your bricks near your ear. |
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| 32. Upon you no punishment
I shall inflict, Reversed, It's an object that tocked and then ticked. |
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| 33. I've put booze in your
drink and it's really well mixed, Reversed, It's a transfer that's permanently fixed. |
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| 34. What Homer said also
means drop a line, Reversed, If I'd gone there, my mind would be fine. |
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| 35. Named after a volcano,
a gas burner of fame, Reversed, Place one's stake, in a poker game. |
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| 36. As an opposite of a
gentleman am I treated very well, Reversed, Though not really different, they avoid me as if I smell. |
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