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physically defined; the other natural regions; the Arabian Centerland; the mobile riders and the plowmen; the Arab bid for world-empire; the Steppes-Belt; the Tartar invasions and their consequences; the Tibetan Heights and the northwest entries to China and India; the open access from the Heartland to Arabia and to Europe; the Heartland strategically defined; the Black Sea basin included; the Baltic basin included; the Heartland as real a physical fact as the World-Island; the ultimate citadel of

Gear TX-55—the nuclear-equipped walking battle tank— Outer Heaven was destroyed along with Big Boss by Solid Snake, the hero sent by Unit FOXHOUND. 1997 ZANZIBAR A fortified nation in central Asia ruled by a minority ethnic group. Although the superpowers of the East and West became involved in its 1997 war for independence, it was the activity by Zanzibar’s mercenaries, collected from all over the world, that played the largest role in its victory. For that reason, the war became known as “the

worship is that it does not come alone. It comes in the satanic bundle with other strings attached. Like the abominations of the Ancients, even today scores of children are sacrificed to these idol gods. The custom is very much prevalent in India and China. In India for instance devout religious idolaters will kidnap other people’s children and sacrifice them to their gods and goddesses (especially the bloodthirsty goddesses Durga and Kali) asking for blessings. The sinful practice of abortion termed

Bengal (East India) and China. The great prosperity of the Netherlands after throwing off Spanish Imperial rule, and declaring Free Trade and Freedom of thought, made the Free Trade/Mercantilist dispute the most important question in economics for centuries. Free trade policies have battled with mercantilist, protectionist, isolationist, communist, and other policies over the centuries. Wars, such as the Pelopponesian War between Athens and Sparta, the Opium Wars between China and Great Britain

– For What ?”, Commentary, op. Cit., p. 21 : “The United States is the balancer of last resort in the world. We are needed to balance otherwise unbalanceable rogue states like North Korea and Iraq ; to shore up the periphery against an expanding China ; to guard against Russia until its destiny is settled”. 92 De nombreuses voix s’étaient élevées pendant la guerre du Vietnam pour demander un retour à l’isolationnisme américain. Robert Tucker s’est interrogé sur les différentes voies proposées

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passive On utilise la forme passive lorsque dans une phrase, l’objet est plus important que le sujet : ce qui se passe est plus important que de savoir qui le fait. • It is broken. • The keyboards are made in China. Si l’on veut préciser l’auteur d’un fait on utilise by. • The keyboards are made in China by a local manufacturer. • The office hours have been changed by the Human Resources Manager. Activity 13 Find examples of the present simple passive in Reading document 1. Trouvez les exemples de la forme

composition des forêts, leur maturité, leur perturbation, leur frondaison et leur qualité. Cf. Grainger 2010). Certains pays comme le Brésil ont fait de nets progrès dans la réduction de leur déforestation (www.undp.org/ latinamerica/biodiversity-superpower/). 60 Cf. Meyfroidt, Rudel et Lambin 2010. Le Bhoutan et El Salvador exploiteraient davantage de terres à l’étranger qu’ils n’en ont reboisées sur leur territoire. 61 Gan et McCarl 2007. 62 Mayer et al. 2005, 2006. 63 Würtenberger

teach an old dog new tricks. Their marriage is going to the dogs. To pig oneself = to pig out When pigs flyl To have goose bumps = goose pimples Ascapegoat You chicken! Don't count your chickens before they're hatched! A black sheep A bull in a china shop To take the bull by the horns That's a cock-and-bull story. To be (as) strong as an ox Don't put the cart before the horse! A dark horse Igot it straight from the horse's mouth. He's backed the wrong horse. Icould eat a horse! II est sur des

the Irish the Americans Langue Polish German Protestants English Anglicans Irish English Catholics American American English Italy The United States Asia Most people are… Catholics Catholics Protestants China India America Mexico Asia Pakistan Séquence 1-AN01 39 Enfin, sachez que la meilleure façon d’apprendre une langue est de beaucoup lire. Ne perdez pas une occasion de lire journaux, magazines, nouvelles ou romans en anglais.