... sentence:It is hard to use literal language when talking about nature because people tend to talk about nature using figurative language.01_TOEFL Vocab,Ch1,1-18 8/4/06, 12:28 13 18 PART I: TOEFL Vocabulary ... disgusting as a live toad must be completely under his master’s thumb, “toad-eater”or “toady” became the term for a bootlicking, fawning flatterer.And that’s how the word toady came to be. English ... Initially, Darrow tried to sell his idea to the leadinggame manufacturer in America, but Parker Brothers turned the game downbecause it felt the game was too elaborate to play. In desperation,...