One day Holmes and Watson are flying a dirigible balloon. It is foggy around, they have lost their way. Suddenly they see - a shepherd is grazing sheep below. The men are very glad and shout:
- The dear, tell us, please, where we are now?
- You are in the dirigible balloon.
- I understand... - Holmes says. - We are flying over Russia.
- But why? - Watson is surprised.
- It’s elementary, Buddy! Only a programmer could give such an exact and useless answer at the same time. And only in Russia programmers can look after sheep.
n. make amends (often foll. By for) compensate (for).
AMIDST
var. Of *amid.
AMNION
n. (pl. Amnia) innermost membrane enclosing an embryo. amniotic adj. [greek, = caul]
AMOEBA
n. (pl. -s) microscopic aquatic amorphous one-celled organism. amoebic adj. [greek, = change]
AMORAL
adj. - beyond morality.
- without moral principles.
AMOUNT
—n. Quantity, esp. A total in number, size, value, extent, etc. —v. (foll. By to) be equivalent to in number, significance, etc. [latin ad montem upward]
AMPERE
n. Si base unit of electric current. [ampère, name of a physicist]
AMULET
n. Charm worn against evil. [latin]
ANALOG
n. (brit. Analogue) 1 analogous thing.
- (attrib.) (usu. Analog) (of a computer etc.) Using physical variables, e.g. Voltage, to represent numbers (cf. *digital).
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