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.
adj. (brit. Nee) (used in adding a married woman's maiden name after her surname) born (mrs ann hall, nee brown). [french, feminine past part. Of naître be born]
- adj. (us nee) (used in adding a married woman's maiden name after her surname) born (mrs ann hall, nee brown). [french, feminine past part. Of naître be born]
NEG
Abbr. Esp. Photog. Negative.
NEM
Con. Abbr. With no one dissenting. [latin nemine contradicente]
NEO
comb. Form 1 new, modern.
- new form of. [greek neos new]
NET
profit n. Actual gain after working expenses have been paid.
- —n. - open-meshed fabric of cord, rope, etc.
- piece of net used esp. To restrain, contain, or delimit, or to catch fish etc.
- structure with a net used in various games. —v. (-tt-) 1 a cover, confine, or catch with a net. B procure as with a net.
- hit (a ball) into the net, esp. Of a goal. [old english]
- (also nett) —adj. - (esp. Of money) remaining after all necessary deductions.
- (of a price) not reducible.
- (of a weight) excluding that of the packaging etc.
- (of an effect, result, etc.) Ultimate, actual. —v. (-tt-) gain or yield (a sum) as net profit. [french: related to *neat]
NEW
age n. Set of beliefs replacing traditional western culture, with alternative approaches to religion, medicine, the environment, etc.
- arrival n. Colloq. Newborn child.
- broom n. New employee etc. Eager to make changes.
- mathematics n.pl. (also new maths) (also treated as sing.) System of elementary maths teaching with an emphasis on investigation and set theory.
- moon n. - moon when first seen as a crescent after conjunction with the sun.
- time of its appearance.
- potatoes n.pl. Earliest potatoes of a new crop.
- star n. Nova.
- style n. Dating reckoned by the gregorian calendar.
- testament n. Part of the bible concerned with the life and teachings of christ and his earliest followers.
- town n. Town planned and built all at once with government funds.
- wave n. A style of rock music.
- world n. North and south america.
- year n. Year just begun or about to begin; first few days of a year.
- year's day n. - january.
- year's eve n. 31 december.
- —adj. - a of recent origin or arrival. B made, discovered, acquired, or experienced recently or now for the first time.
- in original condition; not worn or used.
- a renewed; reformed (new life; the new order). B reinvigorated (felt like a new person).
- different from a recent previous one (has a new job).
- (often foll. By to) unfamiliar or strange (all new to me).
- (usu. Prec. By the) often derog. A later, modern. B newfangled. C given to new or modern ideas. D recently affected by social change (the new rich).
- (often prec. By the) advanced in method or theory.
- (in place-names) discovered or founded later than and named after (new york). —adv. (usu. In comb.) Newly, recently (new-found; new-baked). newish adj. Newness n. [old english]
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A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.