Upon waking, a woman said to her husband, "I just dreamt that you gave me a necklace of pearls. What do you think it means?"
The man smiled and kissed his wife. "Youll know tonight," he softly whispered.
That evening, the man came home with a small package which he gave to his wife. She jumped up and embraced him, and then settled on the couch to slowly and delicately unwrap the package.
It contained a book entitled, "The Meaning of Dreams".
adj. Of a society or economy which no longer relies on heavy industry.
PRESSURECOOKER
n. Airtight pan for cooking quickly under steam pressure. pressure-cook v.
PSYCHOANALYSIS
n. Treatment of mental disorders by bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind over a long course of interviews. psychoanalyse v. (-sing). Psychoanalyst n. Psychoanalytic adj. Psychoanalytical adj.
QUESTIONMASTER
n. Person presiding over a quiz game etc.
RADIOTELEPHONY
n. Telephony using radio. radio-telephone n.
RECAPITULATION
n. - act of recapitulating.
- mus. Part of a movement in which themes are restated. [latin: related to *recapitulate]
RECONNAISSANCE
n. - survey of a region, esp. To locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
- preliminary survey. [french: related to *reconnoitre]
RECORDBREAKING
attrib. Adj. That breaks a record.
REPRESENTATION
n. - representing or being represented.
- thing that represents another.
- (esp. In pl.) Statement made of allegations or opinions.
REPRESENTATIVE
—adj. - typical of a class.
- containing typical specimens of all or many classes (representative sample).
- a consisting of elected deputies etc. B based on representation by these (representative government).
- (foll. By of) serving as a portrayal or symbol of. —n. - (foll. By of) sample, specimen, or typical embodiment of.
- a agent of a person or society. B commercial traveller.
- delegate; substitute.
- deputy etc. In a representative assembly. [french or medieval latin: related to *represent1]
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