Soup is to lunch as to breakfast
typed is to e-mail as to letter
shout is to yell as brag to
near is to close as distant to
normal is to usual as strange is to
lose is to lost as is to found
climb is to hill as to problem
approve is to disapprove as praise is to
teacher is to student as to guest
surf is to wave as ski is to

Read the excerpt from “strychnine in the soup,” in which mr. mulliner explains the ending of a mystery novel to a bar patron who is anxious to know the conclusion of the story. “the plumber forgot his snake and had to go back for it,” explained mr. mulliner. ‘‘i trust that this revelation will prove sedative.” “i feel a new man,” said the draught stout. “i’d have lain awake worrying about that murder all night.” explain how a student who did not know the meaning of sedative could infer its definition?