To serve, divide skordalia among four plates.

The candidate spoke of his opponent disparagingly.

He was a jolly, handsome fellow, as any woman need wish for a companion; tall and well made; rather a little too large, but not so as to be ungenteel; he danced well, which I think was the first thing that brought us together.

1. Synaeresis, the opposite of Diaëresis, is the throwing of two syllables into one.