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Volcano.
before eruption. Very violent explosive eruptions are called Plinian eruptions, after Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder. These eruptions can last for several hours to daysand eject a large amount of pyroclastic material. Some volcanoes can produce much more energetic eruptions that eject materials farther from the vents because oftheir andesitic and dacitic composition. Andesitic and dacitic lava is generally thicker than basaltic lava. Stiff lava generally produces more-explosive eruptions. B No...
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Alaska - geography.
depression surrounded by highlands and have the coldest winter and hottest summer temperatures in Alaska. Once the Kuskokwim River passes through theKuskokwim Mountains, it forms the southern edge of a vast lake-studded alluvial plain bounded on the north by the Yukon River. This water-logged lowland is a majorsummer nesting area for birds. Fairbanks is the major city in this region, while Fort Yukon is the major community in the Yukon Flats and Bethel the largest settlementon the Lower Kuskokwi...
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Alaska - USA History.
depression surrounded by highlands and have the coldest winter and hottest summer temperatures in Alaska. Once the Kuskokwim River passes through theKuskokwim Mountains, it forms the southern edge of a vast lake-studded alluvial plain bounded on the north by the Yukon River. This water-logged lowland is a majorsummer nesting area for birds. Fairbanks is the major city in this region, while Fort Yukon is the major community in the Yukon Flats and Bethel the largest settlementon the Lower Kuskokwi...
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Définition / Vocabulaire:
AMUSANT, -ANTE, participe présent, adjectifet substantif.
bouquets de bois de h?tres et de ch?nes enfouis dans des d?chirures de terrains tr?s-amusantes. AURORE DUPIN, BARONNE DUDEVANT, DITE GEORGE SAND, Promenades autour d'un village, 1860, page 96. ? 6.... elles tournent sur elles-m?mes, par jeu; leurs amples jupes l?g?res se soul?vent et se gonflent; on aper?oit la dentelle de leurs longs, amusants pantalons... HENRI, ALBAN FOURNIER, DIT ALAIN-FOURNIER, Le Grand Meaulnes, 1913, page 86. C.? Emplois particuliers ? divers domaines. 1. Domaine...
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Trinidad and Tobago - country.
III PEOPLE The history of Trinidad and Tobago is reflected in the makeup of its population, among the most ethnically diverse in the Caribbean. Blacks of African ancestry andAsians of Indian ancestry each make up about 40 percent of the population. The remainder is mainly of mixed ancestry, although there are also small groups of peopleof Chinese, European, South American, and Middle Eastern descent. The ethnic diversity of Trinidad and Tobago owes its origins to slavery and its abolition. Afr...
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Reformation .
Saxony, he made war against the Schmalkaldic League, a defensive association of Protestant princes. The Roman Catholic forces were successful at first. Later,however, Duke Maurice went over to the Protestant side, and Charles V was obliged to make peace. The religious civil war ended with the religious Peace of Augsburg in1555. Its terms provided that each of the rulers of the German states, which numbered about 300, choose between Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism and enforcethe chosen faith up...
- Livre du professeur 4eme hatier
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LUI2, ELLE3, EUX, ELLES3, pronom personnel.
— [comme complément d'objet second de verbes à double construction] Nous parlerons de vous ce soir avec le chancelier; ayez patience, c'est moi qui vous recommande à lui (ALFRED DE MUSSET, La Quenouille Barberine, 1840, I, 3, page 290) : Ø 2. — Quel est donc ce Valdo dont tu parles à tout propos? — Je vais te le présenter à l'instant, ou, plutôt, je vais te présenter à lui. GEORGES DUHAMEL, Le Jardin des bêtes sauvages, 1934, page 18. b) [Pour indiquer l'identité ou l'appartenance, avec le...
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- LUI2, ELLE3, EUX, ELLES3, pronom personnel.
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Définition du terme:
CRU2, CRUE2, adjectif, substantif et adverbe.
— En emploi comme substantif. Teindre sur le cru. Mettre la soie à la teinture avant qu'elle ne soit entièrement décreusée. Synonyme : teindre à demi-bain. d) TECHNOLOGIE. Qui est simplement séché et n'est pas passé à l'action du feu ou du four. Briques crues. [Les] acides (...) ont une action très différente (...) sur l'argile crue et sur l'argile qui a été calcinée (ADOLPHE BRONGNIART, Traité des arts céramiques ou des poteries considérées dans leur histoire, leur pratique et leur théorie, 184...
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Buddhism.
Although never actually denying the existence of the gods, Buddhism denies them any special role. Their lives in heaven are long and pleasurable, but they are in thesame predicament as other creatures, being subject eventually to death and further rebirth in lower states of existence. They are not creators of the universe or incontrol of human destiny, and Buddhism denies the value of prayer and sacrifice to them. Of the possible modes of rebirth, human existence is preferable, because thedeitie...
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aux Arabes, autant dire au pire.
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- Émile Zola LA CURÉE (1872)
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- Pierre et Jean
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Lebanon (country) - country.
during the civil war. Within the country, thousands of Shia Muslim refugees fled fighting in southern Lebanon in the 1990s and moved into shantytowns in Beirut’ssouthern suburbs. Lebanon’s major cities were greatly affected by the civil war. Beirut has gradually regained most of its prewar population and remains the country’s largest city. Tripoli,the northern port, is the second largest city. Jūniyah, north of Beirut, was developed as a wartime port and subsequently had a population boom. Za ḩl...
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Latin American Independence.
be inferior and were not permitted a university education. In the lowest caste were the African slaves. As the Spanish monarchy tried to increase its authority, it was hampered by the power of the Catholic Church. The church, including various religious orders, hadacquired great wealth, including large holdings of land, in the colonies. The Jesuit order especially had gained extraordinary wealth and political influence, and it alsocontrolled much of the university and high school education in th...
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- Slodtz, famille - sculpture.
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Définition: AFFABLE, adjectif.
13. Foulque avait alors une quarantaine d'années. C'était un homme aux cheveux roux, d'assez petite taille, capable de supporter toutes les fatigues, fort expérimenté dans l'art militaire, humain, affable, droit, très généreux pour les pauvres et les gens d'église. Tous ses biographes vantent sa piété, sa loyauté dans ses rapports avec ses vassaux, la correction de ses moeurs.
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- Victor Hugo les contemplation
- ?Introduction au XIX° siècle
- Cyrano de Bergerac
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Abélard, Pierre
Adam de La Halle
Ader, Clément
Ailly, Pierre d'
Aliénor d'Aquitaine
Ampère, André
Blanqui, Louis Auguste Blériot, Louis Blum, Léon Boileau, Nicolas Boucher, François Bougainville, Louis Antoine de Bouillon, Godefroi de Boulanger, Georges Boulez, Pierre Brantôme, seigneur de Braque, Georges Brassens, Georges Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de Breton, André Briand, Aristide Brissot Brosse, Salomon de Brunehaut Budé, Guillaume Buffon, comte de Bugeaud, Thomas Cadoudal, Georges Callot, Jacques Calvin Cambacérès, Jean-Jacques de Camus, Albert Carnot, Marie François Sadi Cartier, Jacques...