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attitude is both cold and warm because he tries to get away from her whilst trying to console her at the same time. He probably thinks that being nice to her is the best way to get rid of her. He calls his secretary “angel” and calls Iva “darling” and “precious”. Using an endearment to address a person can be thought of in two ways. It either means a high degree of intimacy or a certain degree of condescension. When the book was written, it was more acceptable for men to use words like “angel” to address

watches TV all day long (she does nothing but watch TV all day long). 5. First of all let’s see if (whether) your results are good. Then, meanwhile, Jerry will get the forms ready for you to fill in so that we (shall) know you better. Thanks to this precious information, our manager will make his choice. 6. In most cases men earn more money than women, although this is changing gradually. 7. Contrary to his sister (unlike his sister), he doesn’t speak a single word of English. However, he can speak

he wouldn’t be glad to see me.” I thought he would have more to say, but he stopped right there. That was plenty of bad news, and another whopping dollop of dodging the issue. I was still dubious about his goals, but Claude was family, and I had precious little family left. “All right,” I said, opening a kitchen drawer where I stowed odds and ends. “Here’s a key. We’ll see how this pans out. I have to go to work this afternoon, by the way. And we have to have a talk. You know that I’ve got a boyfriend

prêché : preached prêchée : preached French−english Dictionary 1280 French−english (dictionnaire) prêchées : preached prêchent : preach prêcher : preach prêchèrent : preached prêchés : preached prêchez : preach prêchons : preach précieux : precious, valuable préciosité : artificialness précipice : precipice, pit, chasm, fovea, abyss, abysm précipitation : acceleration précipitations : knockout, rainfall précipité : hastily, rashly, hasty précipiter : activate, speed up, expedite, accelerate

Caribbean coral reefs. Coral Reefs 21: 399-406. Newton, L.N., Parkes, E.V.H., & Thompson, R.C. 1993. The effects of shell collecting on the abundance of gastropods on Tanzanian shores. Biological Conservation 63: 241-245. Wells, S.M. 1989. Impacts of the precious shell harvest and trade: conservation of rare or fragile resources. p. 443-454. In: Caddy, J.F. (ed.) Marine Invertebrate Fisheries: their assessment and management. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. Vente de coquillages sur une plage prés

not directly related to the UML, why the “active voice” GUI principle? A. Studies show that people have an easier time understanding the active voice than the passive. Also, the active voice typically requires fewer words and thus takes up less precious screen real estate than the passive voice does. Users (as well as publishers and editors) appreciate it if your directions say, “Click the Next button to continue” rather than “The Next button should be clicked by you in order for the process to

usage of the verb 'to value/ we find that common speech exhibits a double usage. For a glance at the dictionary will show that in ordinary speech the words Valuing and Valuation are verbally employed to designate both prizing, in the sense of holding precious, dear (and various other nearly equivalent activities, like honoring, regarding highly), and appraising in the sense of putting a value upon, assigning value to. This is an activity of rating, an act that involves comparison, as is explicit, for

analysis, use must always be made of social engineering. Technology will never replace social engineering, but it will continue to provide us with wider options. It will change the rules of the social Systems and will in particular save time, that precious good, by means of which acceptable social évolution can replace violent social révolution. But it is only by combining the two approaches that we can hope to create a better society. (Réf. : ALVIN M. WEINBERG, « Technology or Social Engineering »

"And Alex, you have to explain to me what you've done to Johnny Jons. He goes around claiming that we can make a lot of money if we sell below what it costs us to produce. That is pure baloney." I laugh, "See you tomorrow." Bill Peach abandoning his precious indicators? This is something I have to tell everyone; they'll never believe it. I go to Donovan's office, but he's not there, nor is Stacey. They must be on the floor. I ask Fran to locate them. In the meantime I'm going to Lou to tell him the news

pedals is to increase or decrease the amount of passion. • The Time Machine is fitted with two levers: one to travel back into the past, one to travel forward into the future. It is composed of ivory and a crystalline substance, so it looks precious; it is barely/hardly larger than a small clock. • The people who attend the experiment are here to make sure that it is not a fraud, that the Time Traveller is not a crook/a charlatan trying to fool/deceive them. That’s why it is the Psychologist