English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
CUFFLINKS, CURFEW, COFFEE, COFFIN
Cufflinks are small decorative objects used for holding together shirt cuffs around the wrist:
I got him a pair of black cufflinks.
A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war:
The village was placed under curfew.
Coffee is a hot drink made with water or the roasted beans or powder from which the drink is made:
Some countries make money from coffee.
A coffin is a box in which a dead body is buried or cremated:
Muslims are not buried with coffins.
When the man jumped out of the *coffin*, I ran so fast like there was a *curfew* and I only realised I had lost my *cufflinks* after I was home sipping my *coffee*.
GAB
