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!
adj. - of or indicated by a mathematical exponent.
- (of an increase etc.) More and more rapid.
EXPOSTULATE
v. (-ting) (often foll. By with a person) make a protest; remonstrate. expostulation n. Expostulatory adj. [latin: related to *postulate]
EXPROPRIATE
v. (-ting) 1 take away (property) from its owner.
- (foll. By from) dispossess. expropriation n. Expropriator n. [latin proprium property]
EXTEMPORARY
adj. = *extemporaneous. extemporarily adv.
EXTEMPORIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) improvise. extemporization n.
EXTERMINATE
v. (-ting) destroy utterly (esp. A living thing). extermination n. Exterminator n. [latin: related to *terminal]
EXTERNALIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) give or attribute external existence to. externalization n.
EXTRAPOLATE
v. (-ting) (also absol.) Calculate approximately from known data etc. (others which lie outside the range of those known). extrapolation n. [from *extra-, *interpolate]
EXTRAVAGANT
adj. - spending money excessively.
- excessive; absurd.
- costing much. extravagance n. Extravagantly adv. [latin vagor wander]
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