Letter Q- * - quarter

quack = the harsh sound made by a duck.
**children love to imitate a duck's quack.
**ducks quack,turkeys gobble.
>>> a person who falsely claims to have medical skill or to have remedies(medicines)that will cure diseases,etc.
**he's a quack with no medical qualifications.
**there have been many quack cures for cancer.
**desperate patients will believe any quackery .

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quarter = um quarto
>>>One fourth part of the whole
**The four of us each received a quarter of an apple.
**The waterfall is a quarter of a kilometre away.
**Three quarters of the theatre was full.
**The butcher quartered the carcass.
>>>A period of 15 minutes.
**The class lasted an hour and a quarter.
**Let's meet at 1:45, I mean a quarter to two.
**The watch says it's a quarter past six, I mean 6:15.
>>>A period of three months.
**Interest is paid each quarter.
**The bank sends out quarterly statements.
**The club meets quarterly.
**This magazine is a quarterly.

>>>A school or university term.
**End-of-year exams are held in the last quarter.
>>>A 25-cent US or Canadian coin; a fourth part of a dollar.
**You are so generous that you'd give me your last quarter,aren't you?
>>>An area in a town or city.
**Anderson and Michely live in the residential quarter of the town with their two children.
>>>A source, direction, place, etc.
**I had the information from the highest quarter.
>>>To provide lodgings or accomodation, especially for soldiers.
**The army will quarter the troops in the castle.
**When Israel get married he will move out of single quarters into married quarters.
>>>The round before the semifinal in a knockout competion.
**Corinthians team has made it to the quarter-final.