A man comes to Lubyanka (KGB headquarters) and says:
- I am a spy, I want to surrender.
He is asked:
- Whose spy are you?
He says:
- I am an American spy.
- Well, then, you need to go to room #5.
He goes to the room #5:
- I am an American spy, I want to surrender.
- Do you have weapons?
- Yes, I do.
- Please go to room #7.
He goes to the room #7:
- I"m a spy, I want to surrender, I have weapons.
- Please go to room #10.
He goes to the room #10:
- I"m a spy, I want to surrender, I have weapons.
- Do yo have communications equipment?
- Yes, I do.
- Please go to room #20.
He arrives to the room #20:
- I"m a spy, I have weapons and communications equipment, and I want to surrender.
He is asked:
- Do you have a mission?
- Yes, I do.
- Well, then go and execute your mission. Stop distracting people from their work!
n. Projection on a wheel etc., shaped to convert circular into reciprocal or variable motion. [dutch kam comb]
CAN
v.aux. (3rd sing. Present can; past could) 1 a be able to; know how to. B be potentially capable of (these storms can last for hours).
- be permitted to. [old english, = know]
- —n. - metal vessel for liquid.
- sealed tin container for the preservation of food or drink.
- (in pl.) Slang headphones.
- (prec. By the) slang a prison. B us lavatory. —v. (-nn-) put or preserve in a can. in the can colloq. Completed, ready. [old english]
CAP
abbr. Common agricultural policy (of the ec).
- abbr. Common agricultural policy (of the ec).
- —n. - a soft brimless hat, usu. With a peak. B head-covering worn in a particular profession. C cap as a sign of membership of a sports team. D mortarboard.
- a cover like a cap (kneecap). B top for a bottle, jar, pen, camera lens, etc.
- = *dutch cap.
- = *percussion cap.
- dental crown. —v. (-pp-) 1 a put a cap on. B cover the top or end of. C set a limit to (charge-capping).
- award a sports cap to.
- form the top of.
- surpass, excel. cap in hand humbly. If the cap fits (of a remark) if it applies to you, so be it. To cap it all after everything else. [latin cappa]
CAR
bomb n. Terrorist bomb placed in or under a parked car.
- n. - (in full motor car) motor vehicle for a driver and small number of passengers.
- (in comb.) Road vehicle or railway carriage esp. Of a specified kind (tramcar; dining-car).
- us any railway carriage or van.
- passenger compartment of a lift, balloon, etc. [french from latin]
- park n. Area for parking cars.
- phone n. Radio-telephone for use in a car etc.
CAT
burglar n. Burglar who enters by climbing to an upper storey.
- door var. Of *cat flap.
- flap n. (also cat door) small swinging flap in an outer door, for a cat to pass in and out.
- n. - small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal.
- wild animal of the same family, e.g. Lion, tiger.
- colloq. Malicious or spiteful woman.
- = *cat-o'-nine-tails. the cat's whiskers colloq. Excellent person or thing. Let the cat out of the bag reveal a secret. Like a cat on hot bricks very agitated. Put (or set) the cat among the pigeons cause trouble. Rain cats and dogs rain hard. [latin cattus]
CAW
—n. Harsh cry of a rook, crow, etc. —v. Utter this cry. [imitative]
CBE
abbr. Commander of the order of the british empire.
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