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• Définition et usage: FENDU, -UE, participe passé, adjectif et substantif féminin.

  — Emploi pronominal à sens passif. Offrir un écartement. Se fendre en. Le menton se fendait en deux plis de graisse (ROGER MARTIN DU GARD, Devenir, 1909,page 10 ). La pâleur mate de la physionomie, où des yeux d'une acuité extraordinaire se fendaient en amande (JACQUES-ÉMILE BLANCHE, Mes Modèles, 1928,page 146 ).3. Argot militaire, au figuré. Fendre l'oreille à quelqu'un. Briser sa carrière, le mettre à la retraite contre sa volonté (par allusion à l'usage ancien de fendre l'oreille auxchevaux r...

• Définition: ÉTOUFFER, verbe.

  PÈRE, Le Comte de Monte-Christo, tome 2, 1846, page 653 ). « Pour recommencer quand nous serons plus forts? », ne pouvait s'empêcher de dire Alexis, que les pommes de terre étouffaient, surtout qu'il n'y avait pas de vin (ELSA TRIOLET, Le Premier accroc coûte deux cents francs, 1945, page 219) : Ø 4. Elle [Hélène de Rieu] luttait âprement contre l'âge qui l'engraissait et la ridait; frottée d'onguents et d'huiles de toilette, sanglée dans des corsets qui l'étouffaient, elle s'imaginait rajeunir...

• Définition du terme: CRITIQUE3, substantif féminin.

  possible de discerner les parts respectives des mérites et des défauts d'une entreprise, d'une oeuvre, d'un système de pensée. Critique biblique, expérimentale, sociale, théologique. La critique, cet art précieux d'apprécier les productions scientifiques (JEAN-PAUL MARA, DIT MARAT, Pamphlets, Les Charlatans modernes, 1791, page 271 ). La critique philosophique va plus loin (AUGUSTIN COURNOT, Essai sur les fondements de nos connaissances et sur les caractères de la critique philosophique, 1851, p...

• Andes - geography.

  smaller trees lies above the zone of rain forest. Among the smaller trees is found the wild cinchona, a source of quinine, a drug used to treat malaria. In the southernAndes, broadleaf and coniferous trees cover the lower slopes. Coniferous forests are found above 2,000 m (6,500 ft), and the timberline is generally about 3,000 m(about 10,000 ft) above sea level. Above the timberline are treeless highland meadows, but the high plateaus of the central Andes support only a sparse covering ofgrasses...

• Définition et usage: FATIGUER, verbe.

  mettre dans un état à contre coeur.ÉMILE ZOLA, Le Ventre de Paris, 1873, page 642.· [Au participe passé exprimant un état; avec un complément désignant le moyen ou la cause, introduit par une préposition de + substantif ou verbe à l'infinitif]Fatigué de ce plaisir usé, il rentra dans son hôtel de la rue de Lille (GUY DE MAUPASSANT, Contes et nouvelles, tome 1, Rencontre, 1884, page 937 ). Je suisfatigué de lire des livres qui me parlent de notre monde absurbe et criminel (JULIEN GREEN, Journal,...

• Définition: AURA, AURE, substantif féminin.

  Remarque?: Certains auteurs donnent ? aura le genre masculin que favorise l'initiale vocalique du mot. Les dictionnaires consult?s le donnent au f?minin (confer exemple 4). ? En particulier. OCCULTISME. " Sorte d'?manation color?e, d'aur?ole qui flotte autour du corps humain, de la t?te en particulier " (Dictionnaire initiatique (HERV? MASSON) 1970). L'aura serait faite de mati?re astrale ou de fluide vital?: ? 6. L'aur?ole dont les peintres entourent la t?te des Saints n'est qu'une repr?se...

• Shanghai - geography.

  language. V EDUCATION AND CULTURE Shanghai is one of China’s leading centers of learning and culture. The metropolitan area is home to more than 40 institutions of higher learning. These include some ofChina’s most famous universities, such as Fudan University (founded in 1905), Tongji University (1907), and the East China Normal University (1951). A large branch ofthe Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in Shanghai, and extensive research is undertaken in areas such as semiconductors, laser...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DIABLE1, substantif masculin.

  1. [Par référence aux caractères surnaturels ou aux traits de merveilleux attribués au diable; la notion religieuse ou magique étant présente] a) [Le diable en tant qu'objet d'une croyance] Les adorateurs du diable. — Ne croire ni à Dieu* ni à diable. Ne croire en rien. Il ne croyait, le bon bougre, ni à Dieu ni à diable (PAUL VERLAINE, Œuvres complètes, tome 4, Mes hôpitaux, 1891, page 354 ). — Brûler une chandelle au diable (vieilli). " Flatter un pouvoir injuste pour en obtenir quelque chose...

• Définition: FAÇON, substantif féminin.

  chose (confer la dernière* main) : Ø 3.... il ne suffit pas que les matières aient reçu leurs dernières façons pour que je puisse m'en servir; il faut encore qu'elles soient près de moi. ANTOINE-LOUIS-CLAUDE DESTUTT DE TRACY, Commentaire sur l'Esprit des lois de Montesquieu, 1807, page 325. — Par extension. [En parlant d'une personne] Soin de beauté. Vers les midi, Valérie et Lisbeth causaient dans la magnifique chambre à coucher où cette dangereuse Parisienne donnait à sa toilette ces derniè...

• Native American Literature I INTRODUCTION Leslie Marmon Silko Native American writer Leslie Marmon Silko is perhaps best known for her first novel, Ceremony (1977), a coming-of-age story about a young man of mixed Native American and white ancestry.

  SequoyahNative Americans did not use a complex written language before the immigration of Europeans to the Americas. In theearly 1820s the Cherokee leader Sequoyah developed an alphabet and written language for his native tongue. ManyCherokee learned the new written language readily, and in 1828 they published the first Native American newspaper,written in both Cherokee and English.THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE Before Native Americans came into contact with Europeans, many tribes supplemented the spoken...

• Himalayas - geography.

  result of deforestation the habitat of most of the wildlife has been destroyed. They are now restricted to special protected areas such as the Jaldapara and Kazirangasanctuaries in India ( see Kaziranga National Park) and the Chitawan preserve in Nepal. There are few animals in the Middle Himalayas because of extensive deforestation. In the Great Himalayas musk deer, wild goats, sheep, wolves, and snow leopards are found. The existence of the Abominable Snowman or Yeti has beenreported by highla...

• Dictionnaire en ligne: DONNÉ, -ÉE, participe passé, adjectif et substantif.

  retrouver en face d'une édition des oeuvres de Joubert assumée cette fois par Champion... CHARLES DU BOS, Journal, 1924, page 136. III.— Emploi comme substantif. A.— Substantif masculin singulier (avec valeur de neutre) Donné. " Ce qui est immédiatement présenté à l'esprit avant que celui-ci y applique ses procédés d'élaboration " (Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophie (ANDRÉ LALANDE)). Synonyme : donnée (voir ce mot C). Le donné s'oppose au construit (LE VOCABULAIRE INTELLECTUEL...

• Yangtze - Geography.

  A Agriculture and Industry Today about 400 million people, or about one-third of the population of China, live in the Yangtze Basin. Many are engaged in agriculture. The basin contributes nearlyhalf of China’s crop production, although only one-quarter of the basin is arable. The most fertile areas for farming are the Sichuan Basin, the plains between theYangtze and its tributary the Han, and the plains of the lower basin. In all about 40 percent of the cereals, more than 30 percent of the cott...

• Geography - Geography.

  Geographers have developed a standard pattern of map symbols for identifying such cultural features as homes, factories, and churches; dams, bridges, and tunnels;railways, highways, and travel routes; and mines, farms, and grazing lands. C Analyzing Geographic Information Techniques that use mathematics or statistics to analyze data are known as quantitative methods. The use of quantitative methods enables geographers to treat a largeamount of data and a large number of variables in an objectiv...

• International Criminal Court.

  only exercise its jurisdiction when a national court is unwilling or unable to carry out the investigation or prosecution. For example, the ICC might intervene when agovernment’s judicial system has collapsed or is actively shielding a person from criminal responsibility. The court may hold accountable any person aged 18 or older at the time of the crime without regard to the individual’s official duties or functions. Therefore, heads ofstate, legislators, and other high-ranking government offic...

• Aegean Civilization .

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Aegean Civilization - USA History.

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Assyria - USA History.

  villages and cities were ransacked and razed, but no attempt was made to annex their territories. In the course of time this pattern of conquest changed, and the Assyrian rulers began to make Assyria the center of a new empire by incorporating the conquered landsinto their domain, although probably not according to a conscious plan. Toward the end of the 10th century BC, for example, Adad-nirari II annexed the Aramaean state centering on Nisibis, east of the Habur River. His son, Tukulti-Ninurt...

• Kuwait (country) - country.

  Oil revenues have allowed Kuwait to build an extensive educational system, yielding a literacy rate of 84 percent. Public school is free and compulsory from the age of 6to 13, and several private schools also teach this age group. Kuwait University (founded in 1966) is also free and offers programs in a wide range of professional andscientific fields at several campuses. Both the extensive library system at Kuwait University and the collection at Kuwait National Museum (1957) were heavily damage...

• Excerpt from Martin Chuzzlewit - anthology.

  But there is one other piece of evidence, bearing immediate reference to their close connextion with this memorable event in English History, which must carryconviction, even to a mind (if such a mind there be) remaining unconvinced by these presumptive proofs. There was, within a few years, in the possession of a highly respectable and in every way credible and unimpeachable member of the Chuzzlewit Family (for hisbitterest enemy never dared to hint at his being otherwise than a wealthy man...

• São Paulo (city) - geography.

  universities include the State University Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1976), and the even larger University of São Paulo (1934), which incorporates the city’s famousand influential Faculty of Law. Important private universities are Mackenzie University, originally founded by Presbyterian missionaries from the United States (1870);the Paulista University (1972); the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1946); and the University São Judas Tadeu (1971). The city is home to the São Pau...

• Marketing.

  Where advertising reaches a mass audience, personal or direct selling focuses on one customer at a time. That kind of individual attention makes direct sellingexpensive, but it also makes it effective. As the costs of personal selling have risen, the utilization of salespeople has changed. Simple transactions are completed byclerks. Salespeople are now used primarily where the products are complex and require detailed explanation, customized application, or careful negotiation over priceand paym...

• Libya - country.

  junipers and mastic trees are found in the higher elevations. Only a few large mammals are found in Libya. Wildlife includes desert rodents, hyenas, gazelles, and wildcats. Eagles, hawks, and vultures are common. E Environmental Issues Libya has undertaken a number of major irrigation projects intended to ease the country’s water shortage. The most ambitious is the so-called Great Man-Made River(GMMR), a massive 25-year irrigation scheme begun in 1984. The GMMR is a vast water pipeline system d...

• Fossil Fuels.

  water molecules. This crystalline solid is known as gas hydrate. Because technology for the commercial extraction of gas hydrates has not yet been developed, this typeof fossil fuel is not included in most world energy resource estimates. However, in February 2007 the U.S. Department of Energy completed the drilling of a well toretrieve core samples of gas hydrates found in the Prudhoe Bay region of Alaska’s North Slope. By identifying the nature of these gas hydrates, the Energy Departmenthoped...

• Conservation.

  cancers, Hodgkin’s disease and leukemia. Unfortunately, human activities have greatly reduced biodiversity around the world. The 20th century encompasses one of the greatest waves of extinction, orelimination of species, to occur on the planet. The greatest threat to biodiversity is loss of habitat as humans develop land for agriculture, grazing livestock, industry,and habitation. The most drastic damage has occurred in the tropical rain forests, which cover less than seven percent of the Earth’...

• Tunisia - country.

  mixture of Berber and Arab stock, and they regard themselves as Arabs. Nearly everyone speaks Arabic. The population of Tunisia is concentrated in the coastal plain. It is fairly dense in the hilly north, but the arid plateau, basin, and south are thinly settled. About two-thirds of the country’s people live in urban areas. A Principal Cities The capital and largest city of Tunisia is the seaport of Tunis. Other important cities include Sfax, a port and center of trade on the eastern coast; Sūs...

• Nunavut - Canadian History.

  The Arctic Lands is a complex geological area that is centered on the Arctic Ocean. It includes coastal plains, plateaus, and mountains. Coastal plains and plateaus arefound in the western Northwest Territories section of the Arctic Lands, such as on Victoria Island, which is mostly a large, flat plateau. In striking contrast to theserelatively gentle landscapes, the eastern Nunavut section of the Arctic Lands is dominated by a jagged chain of ice-covered mountains. The mountains on EllesmereIsl...

• Définition et usage: FAUX1, FAUSSE1, adjectif, adverbe et substantif.

  page 200 ).Qui ne perçoit pas les sons exactement. Oreille fausse. L'ouïe est quelquefois originairement fausse, soit que les deux oreilles n'entendent point à l'unisson (...) soitque dans (...) chacune d'elles (...) il se trouve des causes communes de discordance (PIERRE CABANIS. Rapports du physique et du moral de l'homme, tome 1,1808, page 435 ).· Par analogie. Voix fausse, rire faux. Désagréable à entendre comme une note fausse. Sa voix fausse, tantôt haute, tantôt basse, procédait par brusq...

• Syria - country.

  D Education Primary education is free and compulsory for all children aged 6 through 12. Some 78 percent of the adult Syrian population was estimated to be literate in 2005.Primary schools enrolled 2.8 million pupils in the 2000 school year, and 1.1 million students attended secondary schools and vocational institutes. In 1998, 94,110 Syrian students were enrolled in institutes of higher education. Syria has universities in Damascus, Ḩalab, Ḩim ş, and Al L ādhiq īyah. Also in Damascus isthe Ar...

• Martin Van Buren.

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• Martin Van Buren

  political ambitions. The Clintonians cited as one example of Van Buren's unscrupulous methods his support of a convention in 1821 to revise the state's constitution. Van Buren and hisBucktails said they wanted to make the constitution more democratic. The Clintonians retorted that the real aim was to oust them from office. Both sides were right. Therevised constitution introduced a needed extension of voting rights and improved the operation of the state government. However, it also removed many...

• New Orleans - geography.

  D Metropolitan Region The New Orleans metropolitan region covers 8,800 sq km (3,400 sq mi) and includes the counties—known in Louisiana as parishes— of Orleans, Jefferson, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Saint James, and Plaquemines. At the center is the city of New Orleans, which is coextensive withOrleans Parish. It has a land area of 468 sq km (181 sq mi). Extending from this base are numerous suburban towns in the surrounding parishes. Metairie, Harahan...

• Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania) - geography.

  national trend of migration from eastern cities to the warmer climate of the Sun Belt. Whereas in 1950 Philadelphia contained more than 2 million people and ranked as the third largest city in America, the city's population plunged to 1,517,550 by 2000.In 2006, the city's population was estimated at 1,448,394. While the city proper was decreasing in population, the metropolitan area centered on Philadelphia grew. In 2006 the region had 6.2 million inhabitants. Philadelphiaranked as the nation’s...

• Finland - country.

  Productive forestland is the most valuable natural resource of Finland. Spruce, pine, and silver birch are the principal trees used to manufacture wood and pulp andpaper products. Finland lacks coal and petroleum resources and is a net importer of energy resources. However, Finland does have significant deposits of peat, which is cut from thenumerous peat bogs that cover much of the north. Peat is an important heat source for homes, and it provides about 7 percent of Finland’s electricity needs....

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

  child transmission is particularly prevalent in Africa. D Misperceptions About HIV Transmission The routes of HIV transmission are well documented by scientists, but health officials continually grapple with people’s unfounded fears concerning the potential for HIVtransmission by other means. HIV differs from other infectious viruses in that it dies quickly if exposed to the environment. No evidence has linked HIV transmission tocasual contact with an infected person, such as a handshake, huggi...

• New Brunswick - Geography.

  Grand Lake, the largest lake in New Brunswick, is in the lowlands, east of Fredericton. Most other lakes are located in the northern and southwestern parts of NewBrunswick. D Climate New Brunswick has a continental climate that is moderated by maritime influences in the coastal areas. As a result, coastal regions are slightly warmer in the winter andslightly cooler in the summer than are interior regions. Annual temperature variations are large, with the January mean usually at least 25 to 28°C...

• New Brunswick - Canadian History.

  Grand Lake, the largest lake in New Brunswick, is in the lowlands, east of Fredericton. Most other lakes are located in the northern and southwestern parts of NewBrunswick. D Climate New Brunswick has a continental climate that is moderated by maritime influences in the coastal areas. As a result, coastal regions are slightly warmer in the winter andslightly cooler in the summer than are interior regions. Annual temperature variations are large, with the January mean usually at least 25 to 28°C...

• Chile - country.

  D Plant and Animal Life The indigenous plant life of Chile varies according to climatic zone. Plant life in the northern region includes brambles and cactus and has little variety. Here, theAtacama provides one of the best examples on Earth of an absolute desert. The more humid Central Valley supports several species of cacti, espino (a thorny shrub),grasses, and the Chilean pine, which bears edible nuts. Dense rain forests are located south of Valdivia with laurel, magnolia, false beech, and v...

• Ireland - country.

  F Plants and Animals Ireland’s animal life does not differ markedly from that of England or France. Over many centuries of human settlement almost all of Ireland’s natural woodlands werecleared, and indigenous animals such as bear, wolf, wildcat, beaver, wild cattle, and the giant Irish deer (a type of fallow deer) gradually disappeared. However, thehardy and versatile Connemara pony, Ireland’s only native pony breed, has been used by Irish farmers since prehistoric times. The great auk, or gar...

• Hinduism.

  they do not share any basic terms. B Sanātana Dharma Evidence from inscriptions indicates that Hindus had begun to use the word dharma for their religion by the 7th century. After other religions of Indian origin also began to use this term, Hindus then adopted the expression san ātana dharma to distinguish their dharma from others. The word san ātana, meaning immemorial as well as eternal, emphasized the unbroken continuity of the Hindu tradition in contrast to the other dharmas . The Bu...

• Guatemala - country.

  C Climate The climate of Guatemala varies according to elevation, from hot coastal plains to cold mountain heights. Most of the population lives between 900 and 2,400 m (3,000and 8,000 ft) above sea level, where there are warm days and cool nights with average annual temperatures of 20°C (68°F). The coastal regions are hot and humid,with average annual temperatures of 28°C (83°F). A rainy season, from May through October, is sometimes called “winter” because it brings cloudy afternoons andlower...

• Texas - geography.

  D Climate Eastern Texas has a humid subtropical climate, while a semiarid low latitude climate prevails in central areas, and an arid low latitude climate in the extreme west. Alongthe coast the climate is much milder, with fewer extremes in temperatures. Hurricanes sometimes hit the coastal areas of Texas from late July through September, andtornadoes are common in north-central Texas in April and May. D1 Temperature Summers are hot throughout the state, and temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F)...

• Texas - USA History.

  D Climate Eastern Texas has a humid subtropical climate, while a semiarid low latitude climate prevails in central areas, and an arid low latitude climate in the extreme west. Alongthe coast the climate is much milder, with fewer extremes in temperatures. Hurricanes sometimes hit the coastal areas of Texas from late July through September, andtornadoes are common in north-central Texas in April and May. D1 Temperature Summers are hot throughout the state, and temperatures exceeding 35°C (95°F)...

• World War I .

  and troops to Europe from the United States and other overseas sources. In 1914 Britain implemented a sea blockade of Germany to prevent the delivery of importssuch as food and war materials. The same year, Germany began using submarines to disrupt Allied seaborne traffic and prevent supplies from reaching Britain. In 1915Germany instituted a submarine blockade around Britain. From February 1915 to September 1915 and again in 1917, Germany used unrestricted submarine warfare,sinking ships withou...

• Commentaire français : Michel Houellebecq - « Extension du domaine de la lutte »

  raffermissement de leur être ».De plus le narrateur ne comprend pas car ces phrases inscrites sur les manteaux sont incohérentes avec « (d)es gens qui semblentsatisfaits d'eux-mêmes et de l'univers » puis également avec la raison de la présence de ces personnes ici qui semble être la consommation d'après le narrateur. C'estpourquoi l'incompréhension du narrateur subsiste puisque dans le dernier paragraphe commençant par « J'observe », il y affirme qu'il se sent bel et bien différent dece monde,...

• LA CHANSON : SA NATURE, SON ÉVOLUTION Le phénomène de la chanson contemporaine, par son extension qui dépasse les avatars...

  LA CHANSON : SA NATURE, SON ÉVOLUTION Le phénomène de la chanson contemporaine, par son extension qui dépasse les avatars des œuvres et des interprètes, tend à s'affirmer tou­ jours plus comme un mode d'expression «à part entière» et, pourquoi pas? comme un élément de la culture d'aujourd'hui. Si la culture, en effet, n'est plus le luxe de quelques-uns mais une façon d'être et de se dire, de la plus fruste à la plus élaborée, si la culture est l'univers des formes - pour reprendre une expression...

• Correspondance de Galois

• Stoïcisme Le mot signifie austérité, courage, fermeté dans la douleur, indifférence à la souffrance. C'est une extension du sens car,...

  Stoïcisme Le mot signifie austérité, courage, fermeté dans la douleur, indifférence à la souffrance. C'est une extension du sens car, à l'origine, le stoïcisme est une doctrine philosophique qui a pris naissance à la fin du IV8 siècle avant J.-C.: «stoïcisme» vient du grec « stoa », portique, parce que les philosophes stoïciens se réunissaient sous un portique (galerie ouverte soutenue par des colonnes) à Athènes. Mais l'insensibilité à la douleur que l'on prête aux stoïciens, comme la volupté d...

• Sujet 10 ♦ Amérique du Sud, septembre 2005, spé. Division du travail et extension des marchés Document Dans tout autre...

  Sujet 10 ♦ Amérique du Sud, septembre 2005, spé. Division du travail et extension des marchés Document Dans tout autre art et manufacture, les effets de la division du travail sont les mêmes que ceux que nous venons d'observer dans la fabrique d'une épingle, quoique dans un grand nombre le travail ne puisse pas être aussi subdivisé ni réduit à des opérations d'une aussi grande simplicité. Toutefois, dans chaque art, la division du travail, aussi loin qu'elle peut y être portée, amène un accro...

• L'EXTENSION EUROPÉENNE DE LA GUERRE Introduction : Pression dès belligérants pour gagner de nou­ veaux alliés lorsqu'il fut év ident...

  L'EXTENSION EUROPÉENNE DE LA GUERRE Introduction : Pression dès belligérants pour gagner de nou­ veaux alliés lorsqu'il fut év ident que la guerre serait longue. 1. Gains des Puissances centrales. ■ Turquie et Bulgarie liées à l'Allemagne, la prem1ere par une dépendance économique et même militaire, toutes deux par la crainte de l'impérialisme russe. La Turquie déclare la guerre à la Russie après la défaite russe de Tannenberg (30 août 1914). En fermant les Détroits, elle isole la Russie. L'exp...