def funnel_naive(string1, string2):
    """
    detect if the second string can be made from the first by removing one letter
    """
    if len(string1) - len(string2) != 1:
        return False
    if string2 in string1:
        return True
    miss = 0
    for i, letter2 in enumerate(string2):
        if letter2 != string1[i]:
            if miss > 1:
                return False
            miss += 1
            if letter2 == string1[i + 1]:
                i += 1
            else:
                return False
        
    return True

funnel = lambda word, other: other in [w[:i] + w[i+1:] for i, w in enumerate([word] * len(word))]

print(funnel_naive("leave", "leav"))
print(funnel("leave", "eave"))
print(funnel("reset", "rest"))
print(funnel("dragoon", "dragon"))
print(funnel("eave", "leave"))
print(funnel("sleet", "lets"))
print(funnel("skiff", "ski"))