If you think the word "handy" looks like "hand," you are pretty smart. :-)
American English-speakers use "handy" as an adjective that means nearby (close to your hand!), or easy to work (easy). People may say that the remote control of a television is "handy". The remote control lets you sit and watch TV and movies without getting up. You can just press a button from your chair -- that's easy! (Except for me. I like to get out of my chair.)
People may say that an extra bathroom for guests is "handy". If you have two bathrooms, guests won't be trying to take a shower when you are trying to shave.
In Germany, a cell phone is called a "handy" now. Actually, they are pretty handy, aren't they?
What do you keep near you -- so your hand can quickly reach it? A salt-shaker on the table? A box of kleenex by your bed? What things also work easily for you, and so are "handy"? Maybe phoning someone is easier than writing a letter.
Sometimes being handy is good. Sometimes, it just makes us lazy.
American English-speakers use "handy" as an adjective that means nearby (close to your hand!), or easy to work (easy). People may say that the remote control of a television is "handy". The remote control lets you sit and watch TV and movies without getting up. You can just press a button from your chair -- that's easy! (Except for me. I like to get out of my chair.)
People may say that an extra bathroom for guests is "handy". If you have two bathrooms, guests won't be trying to take a shower when you are trying to shave.
In Germany, a cell phone is called a "handy" now. Actually, they are pretty handy, aren't they?
What do you keep near you -- so your hand can quickly reach it? A salt-shaker on the table? A box of kleenex by your bed? What things also work easily for you, and so are "handy"? Maybe phoning someone is easier than writing a letter.
Sometimes being handy is good. Sometimes, it just makes us lazy.
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