The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
JEOPARDY
hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment
(noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; “drinking alcohol is a health hazard”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Jeopardy
Jeopardy!, a popular US television game show in which contestants answer clues by responding in the form of a question, hosted originally by Art Fleming and most notably by Alex Trebek.
Etymology
Noun
jeopardy (usually uncountable, plural jeopardies)
Danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Synonyms
• danger
• hazard
• peril
• risk
• gamble
Verb
jeopardy (third-person singular simple present jeopardies, present participle jeopardying, simple past and past participle jeopardied)
(transitive, archaic) To jeopardize; to endanger.
Source: Wiktionary
Jeop"ard*y, n. Etym: [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.]
Definition: Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger. There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. Luke viii. 23. Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. Shak.
Syn.
– Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.
Jeop"ard*y, v. t.
Definition: To jeopardize. [R.] Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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