”“Melanie, two things. First, these are great; this is A+ work. I am instantly impressed with your work and qualifications, whatever they may be. ...our thinking is spot on, as the British say. Second, don’t call me sir. I just came from Britain, and I am not knighted, therefore I am not Sir Mark Worthington – yet. Mark is my preferred name around the office.”“Yes, sir ... errr, Mark.” Mel gave me a crooked smile and then I waved her back to her desk. I could hear a phone ringing that she needed. “What’s the old joke?” David asked as they sat down. “When your wife gets to 40 just trade her in for two 20s.”Only Phil found his father humorous; the rest of the table just greeted him with dead-eyed stares.“Definitely have to save my wit for a more appropriate setting,” David said, smiling at his son.“Or not at all,” Beth said. “We’re in the land of equality. There is nothing to stop me from trading you in for a pair of Philip’s friends.”“Except the extreme ‘Yuck!’ factor,” Phil replied. “I. Uss ne mujhe dekha aur woh bolne lagi, “Haye haye Azim bhai aap cigarette peete ho? Bohut burri baat hai.”Maine bola, “Haan peeta hun magar iss mein koi burri baat toh nahi hai.” Issi tarha hum dono phir batein karne lag gaye. Hum batein kar rahe the. Fir ek dum se maine notice kiya ke ussne apna dupatta apne gale se bilkul side par kar diya tha. Mujhe usska bra strap dikh raha tha aur uski halki si cleavage bhi.Main uss se batein karte karte baar baar uss ke cleavage ko dekh raha tha. Ussko. But “condescend” was nothing like that, so that couldn’t be right. Then I remembered that “in” sometimes means the opposite of – like “inaccurate” is the opposite of “accurate.” Maybe intransitive verbs are all the verbs that are not travel words.Then I went “Doh!” and slapped my forehead. I was holding a dictionary and trying to figure out what a word meant. How stupid am I? I looked up “intransitive” (a verb having or needing no object – see transitive verb). Hmm! What’s an object? What sort.