One day Holmes and Watson are flying a dirigible balloon. It is foggy around, they have lost their way. Suddenly they see - a shepherd is grazing sheep below. The men are very glad and shout:
- The dear, tell us, please, where we are now?
- You are in the dirigible balloon.
- I understand... - Holmes says. - We are flying over Russia.
- But why? - Watson is surprised.
- It’s elementary, Buddy! Only a programmer could give such an exact and useless answer at the same time. And only in Russia programmers can look after sheep.
bloc adv. In a block; all at the same time. [french]
- famille adv. In or with one's family. [french, = in family]
- masse adv. All together. [french]
- n. Printing unit of measurement equal to half an em. [name of the letter n]
- passant adv. In passing; casually (mentioned it en passant). [french, = in passing]
- route adv. On the way. [french]
- suffix forming verbs: 1 from adjectives, usu. Meaning ‘make or become so or more so’ (deepen; moisten).
- from nouns (happen; strengthen). [old english]
- suite —adv. Forming a single unit (bedroom with bathroom en suite). —adj. - forming a single unit (en suite bathroom).
- with a bathroom attached (seven en suite bedrooms). [french, = in sequence]
- prefix (also em- before b, p) forming verbs, = *in-2: 1 from nouns, meaning ‘put into or on’ (engulf; entrust; embed).
- from nouns or adjectives, meaning ‘bring into the condition of’ (enslave); often with the suffix -en (enlighten).
- from verbs: a in the sense ‘in, into, on’ (enfold). B as an intensifier (entangle). [french en-, latin in-]
- prefix (also em- before b, p) in, inside (energy; enthusiasm). [greek]
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