Slay ~ Sleigh
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slay ~ sleigh
[‘sleigh’ and ‘slay’ have the same pronunciation that rhymes with “play”]
“Slay” (verb ~~~ slay – slew – slain – slaying ) is ‘to kill someone or some animal, used especially in religious and old stories and in newspapers; {In American informal English} to make someone very happy, to amuse someone’ ,
ready to slay the enemy
e.g.
In this fairy tale, the handsome prince would slay the dragon and rescue the imprisoned beautiful princess.
John really slays us all. What a funny fellow he is! [i.e. makes us all laugh a lot with his jokes or antics]
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“Sleigh” (noun) is ‘an open vehicle that has no wheels but a pair of long metal strips, used for moving over snow, usually pulled along by horses’,
a sleigh ride
e.g.
Most winter resorts in the Alps in Europe offer skiing, dogsled and horse-drawn sleigh rides besides warming sheds with hot food.
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