What is the difference between a Russian optimist, pessimist and realist?
The optimist studies English.
The pessimist studies Chinese.
The realist stays home and cleans his kalashnikov.
v. (-ting) add explanatory notes to. annotation n. [latin nota mark]
ANNOUNCE
v. (-cing) 1 make publicly known.
- make known the arrival or imminence of (a guest, dinner, etc.).
- be a sign of. announcement n. [latin nuntius messenger]
ANNULATE
adj. Marked with or formed of rings.
ANOREXIA
n. Lack of appetite, esp. (in full anorexia nervosa) an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. anorexic adj. & n. [greek an- without, orexis appetite]
ANTEATER
n. Any of various mammals feeding on ants and termites.
ANTEDATE
v. (-ting) 1 precede in time.
- assign an earlier than actual date to.
ANTELOPE
n. (pl. Same or -s) swift-moving deerlike ruminant, e.g. The gazelle and gnu. [greek antholops]
ANTEPOST
adj. (of betting) done at odds determined at the time of betting, in advance of the event concerned. [from *ante-, *post1]
ANTERIOR
adj. - nearer the front.
- (often foll. By to) prior. [latin from ante before]
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