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Solve the jumble: SKAEL

1. Shrive (rhymes with drive) means:
   to forgive or confess
   to wander or digress
   to work very hard
   to render, as lard

2. A kleptomaniac (klep-toe-MANIAC) is most likely to engage in:
   flour sifting
   shoplifting
   sky diving
   race driving

3. You might use an abacus (AB-uh-cus or uh-BAK-us) for:
   steering by stars
   souping up cars
   counting your chickens
   making sauce thicken

4. E. coli (E coal-eye) is most likely found in:
   a serpent pen
   a bottle of gin
   a Kurdish hut
   your very own gut

5. A licentious (lie-SEN-choo-us) person is most likely:
   certified for a profession
   subject to depression
   unhampered by rules
   surrounded by fools

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