A doctor and a lawyer were attending a cocktail party when the doctor was approached by a man who asked advice on how to handle his ulcer.
The doctor mumbled some medical advice, then turned to the lawyer and asked,
"How do you handle the situation when you are asked for advice during a social function?"
"Just send a bill for such advice" replied the lawyer.
On the next morning the doctor arrived at his surgery and issued the ulcer-stricken man a $50 bill.
That afternoon he received a $100 bill from the lawyer.
estate n. Specially-designed industrial and commercial area.
- n. Act of engaging in trade.
- post n. Store etc. In a remote or unsettled region.
TRADUCE
v. (-cing) speak ill of; misrepresent. traducement n. Traducer n. [latin, = disgrace]
TRAFFIC
island n. Raised area in a road to divide traffic streams and for pedestrians to use in crossing.
- jam n. Traffic at a standstill because of roadworks, an accident, etc.
- warden n. Official employed to help control road traffic and esp. Parking.
- —n. - vehicles moving on a public highway or in the air or at sea.
- (usu. Foll. By in) trade, esp. Illegal (drugs traffic).
- coming and going of people or goods by road, rail, air, sea, etc.
- dealings between people etc. (had no traffic with them).
- messages etc. Transmitted through a communications system; volume of this. —v. (-ck-) 1 (usu. Foll. By in) deal in something, esp. Illegally.
- deal in; barter. trafficker n. [french from italian]
TRAGEDY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 serious accident, disaster, etc.; sad event.
- a play dealing with tragic events and ending unhappily, esp. With the downfall of the protagonist. B such plays as a genre. [greek tragoidia]
TRAILER
n. - set of brief extracts from a film etc., used to advertise it in advance.
- vehicle towed by another, esp.: a the rear section of an articulated lorry. B an open cart. C a platform for transporting a boat etc. D us a caravan.
TRAINER
n. - person who trains horses, athletes, footballers, etc.
- aircraft or simulator used to train pilots.
- soft running shoe.
TRAIPSE
colloq. —v. (-sing) tramp or trudge wearily. —n. Tedious journey on foot. [origin unknown]
TRAITOR
n. (fem. Traitress) (often foll. By to) person who is treacherous or disloyal, esp. To his or her country. traitorous adj. [latin traditor: related to *tradition]
TRAMMEL
—n. - (usu. In pl.) Impediment; hindrance (trammels of domesticity).
- triple drag-net for fishing. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) hamper. [medieval latin tremaculum]
TRAMPLE
v. (-ling) 1 tread under foot.
- press down or crush in this way. trample on 1 tread heavily on.
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