A man went to the Police Station wishing to speak with the burglar who had broken into his house the night before.
"You"ll get your chance in court," said the sergeant.
"No, no no!" said the man. "I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I"ve been trying to do that for years!"
n. W. Indian style of music with a strongly accented subsidiary beat. [origin unknown]
REGIME
n. (also regime) 1 method or system of government.
- prevailing order or system of things.
- regimen. [french: related to *regimen]
REGINA
n. - (after the name) reigning queen (elizabeth regina).
- law the crown (regina v. Jones). [latin, = queen: related to *rex]
REGION
n. - geographical area or division, having definable boundaries or characteristics (fertile region).
- administrative area, esp. In scotland.
- part of the body (lumbar region).
- sphere or realm (region of metaphysics). in the region of approximately. regional adj. Regionally adv. [latin rego rule]
REGIUS
professor n. Holder of a chair founded by a sovereign (esp. One at oxford or cambridge instituted by henry viii) or filled by crown appointment. [latin regius royal]
REGRET
—v. (-tt-) 1 feel or express sorrow, repentance, or distress over (an action or loss etc.).
- acknowledge with sorrow or remorse (regret to say). —n. Feeling of sorrow, repentance, etc., over an action or loss etc. give (or send) one's regrets formally decline an invitation. [french regretter]
REGROW
v. Grow again, esp. After an interval. regrowth n.
REGULO
n. (usu. Foll. By a numeral) each of the numbers of a scale denoting temperature in a gas oven (cook at regulo 6). [regulo, propr. Term for a thermostatic gas oven control]
REHANG
v. (past and past part. Rehung) hang again or differently.
REHASH
—v. Put (old material) into a new form without significant change or improvement. —n. - material rehashed.
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