Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager,
"Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
- give up or cease from (a habit, plan, belief, etc.).
- relax hold of. relinquishment n. [latin relinquo -lict- leave behind]
REMARKABLE
adj. Worth notice; exceptional; striking. remarkably adv. [french remarquable: related to *remark]
REMITTANCE
n. - money sent, esp. By post.
- sending of money.
REMORSEFUL
adj. Filled with repentance. remorsefully adv.
REMORTGAGE
—v. (-ging) (also absol.) Mortgage again; revise the terms of an existing mortgage on (a property). —n. Different or altered mortgage.
REMUNERATE
v. (-ting) 1 reward; pay for services rendered.
- serve as or provide recompense for (work etc.) Or to (a person). remuneration n. Remunerative adj. [latin munus -ner- gift]
RENDEZVOUS
—n. (pl. Same) 1 agreed or regular meeting-place.
- meeting by arrangement. —v. (rendezvouses; rendezvoused; rendezvousing) meet at a rendezvous. [french, = present yourselves]
REORGANIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) organize differently. reorganization n.
REPARATION
n. - making amends.
- (esp. In pl.) Compensation for war damages.
REPATRIATE
—v. (-ting) return (a person) to his or her native land. —n. Repatriated person. repatriation n. [latin repatrio go back home, from patria native land]
