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!
—v. (-sing) (usu. Foll. By into) fall back or sink again (into a worse state after improvement). —n. Relapsing, esp. A deterioration in a patient's condition after partial recovery. [latin labor laps- slip]
RELATED
adj. Connected, esp. By blood or marriage.
RELEARN
v. Learn again.
RELEASE
—v. (-sing) 1 (often foll. By from) set free; liberate, unfasten.
- allow to move from a fixed position.
- a make (information, a recording, etc.) Publicly available. B issue (a film etc.) For general exhibition. —n. - liberation from a restriction, duty, or difficulty.
- handle or catch that releases part of a mechanism.
- news item etc. Made available for publication (press release).
- a film or record etc. That is released. B releasing or being released in this way. [french relesser from latin relaxo *relax]
RELIEVE
v. (-ving) 1 bring or give relief to.
- mitigate the tedium or monotony of.
- release (a person) from a duty by acting as or providing a substitute.
- (foll. By of) take (esp. A burden or duty) away from (a person). relieve one's feelings use strong language or vigorous behaviour when annoyed. Relieve oneself urinate or defecate. relieved adj. [latin relevo raise again, alleviate]
RELIEVO
n. (pl. -s) = *relief 6. [italian rilievo: related to *relief]
RELIGHT
v. (past and past part. -lit) light (a fire etc.) Again.
REMAINS
n.pl. - what remains after other parts have been removed or used etc.
- relics of antiquity, esp. Of buildings.
- dead body.
REMARRY
v. (-ies, -ied) marry again. remarriage n.
REMNANT
n. - small remaining quantity.
- piece of cloth etc. Left when the greater part has been used or sold. [french: related to *remain]
