Exercises
Problem
Problem noun - Something that requires thought and skill for resolution.
Nearby Words: problematic, problematical
Both words in one sentence
- This does not work; a Jerk Jock keeps setting Alex up to fail training exercises until a real problem comes up and they become Fire-Forged Friends.
Source: The Sons and the Spears - Zeetha of Girl Genius knows Skifandrian mental exercises that let her go for days without sleep, no problem.
Source: The Sleepless -
The prose is otherwise dry but one of the end of chapter exercises has a Breaking the Fourth Wall moment when the reader is instructed to do the problem "carefully and honestly." Many a physics student has probably had a WTF moment there.
Source: Textbook Humor
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