A police officer pulls over this guy who had been weaving in and out of the lanes. He goes up to the guy"s window and says, "Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyzer tube."
The man says, "Sorry officer, I can"t do that. I am an asthmatic. If I do that I"ll have a really bad asthma attack."
"Okay, fine. I need you to come down to the station to give a blood sample."
"I can"t do that either. I am a hemophiliac. If I do that, I"ll bleed to death."
"Well, then we need an urine sample."
"I"m sorry, officer, I can"t do that either. I am also a diabetic. If I do that I"ll get really low blood sugar."
"All right then I need you to come out here and walk this white line."
"I can"t do that, officer."
"Why not?"
"Because I"m too drunk to do that!"
v. (past and past part. Reheard) hear (esp. A judicial case) again.
REHEAT
v. Heat again.
REHUNG
past and past part. Of *rehang.
REJECT
—v. - put aside or send back as not to be used, done, or complied with etc.
- refuse to accept or believe in.
- rebuff or withhold affection from (a person).
- show an immune response to (a transplant) so that it fails. —n. Thing or person rejected as unfit or below standard. rejection n. [latin rejicio -ject- throw back]
REJOIN
v. - join together again; reunite.
- join (a companion etc.) Again.
- v. - say in answer, retort.
- reply to a charge or pleading in a lawsuit. [french rejoindre: related to *join]
RELATE
v. (-ting) 1 narrate or recount.
- (usu. Foll. By to, with) connect (two things) in thought or meaning; associate.
- (foll. By to) have reference to.
- (foll. By to) feel connected or sympathetic to. [latin: related to *refer]
RELENT
v. Relax severity, abandon a harsh intention, yield to compassion. [medieval latin lentus flexible]
RELICT
n. Object surviving in its primitive form. [french relicte: related to *relic]
RELIEF
map n. Map indicating hills and valleys by shading etc. Rather than by contour lines alone.
- n. - a alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. B feeling accompanying such deliverance.
- feature etc. That diversifies monotony or relaxes tension.
- assistance (esp. Financial) given to those in special need or difficulty.
- a replacing of a person or persons on duty by another or others. B person or persons replacing others in this way.
- (usu. Attrib.) Thing supplementing another in some service (relief bus).
- a method of moulding, carving, or stamping in which the design stands out from the surface. B piece of sculpture etc. In relief. C representation of relief given by an arrangement of line, colour, or shading.
- vividness, distinctness (brings the facts out in sharp relief).
- (foll. By of) reinforcement (esp. The raising of a siege) of a place.
- esp. Law redress of a hardship or grievance. [french and italian: related to *relieve]
- road n. Road taking traffic around a congested area.
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