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

  était marquée par un tas de feuilles de laitue fraîche où les bestioles bien dressées se reposaient et se régalaient (BLAISE CENDRARS, Bourlinguer, 1948, page 127 ). 2. [En parlant d'un être humain] Un page bien dressé. De nombreux esclaves, dressés au service comme des domestiques européens (VICTOR HUGO, Bug-Jargal, 1826, page 22 ). C'est un faible, un homme dressé à détruire et qui ne sait pas reconstruire (MAURICE BARRÈS, Mes cahiers, tome 8, 1909-11, page 59 ). Notre jeunesse trouvera donc t...

• COCTEAU Jean Maurice Eugène Clément : sa vie et son oeuvre

  -- sais ou de textes critiques (le Rappel à l'ordre, 1926; Letlre à Jacques Maritain, 1926; Une entrevue sur La critique, 1929; Opium, 1930; Essai de critique indirecte, 1932; Portraits-souvenirs, 1935; Mon premier voyage, 1937). Au théâtre, Cocteau avait déjà écrit les Mariés de la tour Eiffel (1921), Antigone (1922), Roméo et Juliette (!924); à l'époque d'Œdipe et des Parents terribles, il donne deux pièces moin§ connues, les Chevaliers de la Table ron...

• La technique a-t-elle perdu l'homme ?

  droits et montre que le dit pouvoir de l'homme sur la nature est bien fragile => Catastrophes naturelles encoreinévitables de nos jours. * Alors, s'il est vrai qu'on loue la technique, on ne saurait ignorer les mises en gardes presque aussi fréquentescontre celle-ci ; on se méfie du progrès. On peut même quelques fois y voir la marque d'une véritable technophobie: les techniques et les techniciens ont inspiré pendant longtemps un véritable mépris, et de la méfiance.Déjà chez les anciens, l...

• roman de renart

  sortirent de la mer : mais avec cette différence qu'Adam faisait naître les bêtes apprivoisées, Ève les animaux sauvages qui tous, comme le loup, prenaient le chemin des bois. Au nombre des derniers se trouva le goupil, au poil roux, au naturel malfaisant, à l'intelligence assez subtile pour décevoir toutes les bêtes du monde. Le goupil ressemblait singulièrement à ce « maître » passé dans tous les genres de fourberies, qu'on appelait Renart, et qui donne encore aujourd'hui son nom à tous ceux q...

• Le Rapport de Brodeck de Philippe Claudel

  Brodeck est alors chargé contre son gré de relater les faits, pour justifier cet acte impardonnable qu'il n'a même pascommis. Durant la rédaction de son rapport et des notes qu'il prend parallèlement et en secret, Brodeck est espionné,menacé, traqué. Témoin passif des comportements ignobles de tous les villageois, le lecteur est un peu plus « ravagé d'horreur » aufur et à mesure qu'il s'enfonce dans le livre et que le livre s'enfonce en lui, à l'image d'un couteau à la lame aigui...

• República Democrática del Congo - geografía.

  Elefante africanoLos grandes elefantes africanos (Loxodonta africana), cuyos colmillos por sí solos pueden llegar a pesar más de 45 kg, son notablesno solo por su tamaño sino también por su singular medio de comunicación. Los adultos pueden "hablar" entre ellos a distancias decientos de kilómetros, utilizando sonidos de baja frecuencia, análogos a las canciones de las ballenas, que están por debajo del límitedel oído humano. En otros tiempos los elefantes ocupaban la mayor parte del África subsa...

• VIII LE POT-AU-NOIR À Dakar, nous avions dit adieu à l'Ancien Monde et, sans apercevoir les îles du Cap-Vert, nous étions parvenus à ce atidique 7° N.

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• coeur - Anatomie.

  Le développement de plaques graisseuses est en partie dû à un excès de cholestérol et de graisses animales dans l'alimentation ( voir Nutrition). Un mode de vie sédentaire peut aussi favoriser l'athérosclérose, et l'expérience montre que l'exercice physique peut la prévenir. La morphologie et la personnalité jouent également un rôle : uncaractère perfectionniste ou de battant, par exemple, appelé personnalité de type A, est fréquemment associé à un risque accru de crise cardiaque ( voir Stress...

• coeur (Biologie et Anatomie).

  Le développement de plaques graisseuses est en partie dû à un excès de cholestérol et de graisses animales dans l'alimentation ( voir Nutrition). Un mode de vie sédentaire peut aussi favoriser l'athérosclérose, et l'expérience montre que l'exercice physique peut la prévenir. La morphologie et la personnalité jouent également un rôle : uncaractère perfectionniste ou de battant, par exemple, appelé personnalité de type A, est fréquemment associé à un risque accru de crise cardiaque ( voir Stress...

• Ácido desoxirribonucleico (ADN) - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  4 REPLICACIÓN En casi todos los organismos celulares, la replicación de las moléculas de ADN tiene lugar en el núcleo, justo antes de la división celular. Empieza con la separación de lasdos cadenas de polinucleótidos, cada una de las cuales actúa a continuación como plantilla para el montaje de una nueva cadena complementaria. A medida que la cadenaoriginal se abre, cada uno de los nucleótidos de las dos cadenas resultantes atrae a otro nucleótido complementario previamente formado por la célu...

• La Nouvelle-France des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, devenue colonie britannique en 1763, puis État confédéré du Québec en 1867, est la plus grande province du Canada, à 80 % francophone.

  volume 8 Québec - maisons à galeries de bois, page 4196, volume 8 Québec - la Haute Ville à Québec, page 4196, volume 8 Canada - paysage forestier, page 837, volume 2 forêt - la forêt des rives du Saint-Laurent au Québec, page 1962, volume 4 Québec - l'automne dans les Laurentides, page 4194, volume 8 Québec - paysage lacustre au nord de Havre-Saint-Pierre, page 4194, volume 8 La vie économique. L'apothicaire français Louis Hébert fut le premier colon en 1618, avec dix arpents de terre....

• Canadian Architecture I INTRODUCTION L'Anse aux Meadows In around ad 1000 Norse Vikings sailed from Greenland to North America and set up a village on the tip of what is now the island of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula.

  IglooSome Inuit peoples in the Arctic regions of Canada live in domed houses of snow, or igloos, which provide good insulationand protection from wind. The word igloo comes from the Inuit iglu, meaning “house.”George Holton/Photo Researchers, Inc. Canada’s original inhabitants are known as the First Nations. At the time of European arrival, about 40 nations were scattered across Canada. Many of them lived alongthe coasts, where they could fish. These nations can be classified into five major gro...

• Goose - biology.

  Branta comes from a German word meaning “burned” and all of the geese in this genus have black plumage somewhere on their bodies. The brant, a sea goose that also belongs to this genus, is found on both coasts of North America. Brants are darker than barnacle and Canada geese and similar in size to the smallest Canadageese. Like the Canada and barnacle goose, the brant nests in Arctic regions. But unlike them, it winters chiefly on salt water. Instead of the white cheeks of Canadaand barnacle g...

• África - geografía.

  genetistas, debido a que sus poblaciones de animales salvajes están aisladas de las del resto del país por las paredes del cráter. Éstese localiza dentro de la Zona de Conservación Ngorongoro, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad, que también incluye la gargantade Olduvai, donde se han encontrado restos de algunos de los primeros antepasados del ser humano.Nicholas Parfitt/Tony Stone Images El relieve africano se caracteriza por su horizontalidad debido a la presencia de vastas y onduladas meset...

• Egipto (república) - geografía.

  costa mediterránea. El limo que depositan los afluentes Rosetta (en árabe, Rashid ), Damieta (en árabe, Dumyat ) y otros más hacen del delta la región más fértil del país. Sin embargo, la presa de Asuán ha reducido el caudal del Nilo, causando que las aguas saladas del Mediterráneo penetren en el terreno a lo largo de la costa cercana a ladesembocadura del Nilo. Una serie de cuatro lagos poco profundos y salobres se extienden por la zona del delta en contacto con el mar. Otro gran lago, Birkat...

• Russie.

  (18 390 km²), et le lac Onega (9 610 km²), tous deux d’origine glaciaire, situés au nord-ouest de la Russie d’Europe et dont le principal émissaire, la Neva, rejoint le golfede Finlande. 2.3 Climat Le territoire de la Russie est soumis, dans sa plus grande partie, à un climat continental rigoureux, avec des hivers longs et froids, des étés chauds mais courts, et dessaisons intermédiaires réduites. La majeure partie du pays connaît plus de cent vingt jours de gel par an. Plusieurs facteurs inter...

• Ancient Greece - history.

  Palace of KnossosThe ancient city of Knossos was a center of the Minoan civilization, an advanced society on Crete named after Minos, a legendaryCretan king. Skilled in such fields as engineering and architecture, the Minoans constructed the palace at Knossos in 1700 bc. Aserious fire at least three centuries later caused the collapse of the palace and foreshadowed the subsequent decline of the city.Wolfgang Kaehler Settlers had begun sailing from Asia Minor to Crete about 6000 BC because the i...

• Reino Unido - geografía.

  2.5. 1 Flora En la antigüedad, la mayor parte del Reino Unido, con la excepción de las montañas y los páramos del norte, el oeste y las zonas pantanosas, estuvo cubierta de bosques dehoja caduca dominados por el roble. Las plantaciones de coníferas de crecimiento rápido en Gales y el noreste de Escocia constituyen una buena parte del 10% del territoriodel Reino Unido que todavía está arbolado. Alrededor de una cuarta parte del Reino Unido, principalmente en Escocia, el suroeste de Inglaterra, G...

• il etait une fois un vieux couple heureux

  Qu’y a-t-il de plus fascinant et de plus inquiétant que des ruines récentes qui furent des demeures qu’on avait connues au temps où la vallée vivait au rythme des saisons du labeur des hommes qui ne négligeaient pas la moindre parcelle de terre pour assurer leur subsistance? Ces maisons de pierre sèche, bâties sur le flanc du roc à quelques mètres seulement au-dessus de la vallée, ne sont plus qu’un triste amas de décombres, domaine incontesté des reptiles, des arachnides,...

• Yukon Territory - Geography.

  Tourism is the second most important private sector industry in the Yukon. Visitors come to fish, hunt, enjoy the rugged scenery, and see the historic buildings andcreeks associated with the gold rush. Some marten, lynx, muskrat, wolverine, and other fur-bearing animals are still trapped, but the Yukon plays a minor role in Canadian fur production. The Yukon’s manufacturing industries consist almost exclusively of some mineral refining, printing, and sawmilling. Several hydroelectric plants gene...

• Yukon Territory - Canadian History.

  Tourism is the second most important private sector industry in the Yukon. Visitors come to fish, hunt, enjoy the rugged scenery, and see the historic buildings andcreeks associated with the gold rush. Some marten, lynx, muskrat, wolverine, and other fur-bearing animals are still trapped, but the Yukon plays a minor role in Canadian fur production. The Yukon’s manufacturing industries consist almost exclusively of some mineral refining, printing, and sawmilling. Several hydroelectric plants gene...

• Asia - geografía.

  Al norte del núcleo montañoso central existen varias depresiones estructurales importantes. Más al norte, entre el Tien Shan y los montes Altái, se halla la cuenca deDzungaria, perteneciente a China. Al sur, entre el Tien Shan y las cordilleras Karakorum y Kunlun, se extiende la vasta cuenca de Tarim, en la que se encuentra uno de losdesiertos más grandes de la latitud media, el Takla Makan. Finalmente, rodeada por el Kunlun y el Altun, está la profunda cuenca Qaidam (Tsaidam). Los tipos de suel...

• La Poétique d'Aristote

  I. La troisième différence consiste dans la manière d'imiter chacun de ces êtres. En effet, il est possible d'imiter le même objet,dans les mêmes circonstances, tantôt sous forme de récit et en produisant quelque autre personnage, comme le fait Homère, oubien le personnage restant le même, sans qu'on le fasse changer, ou encore de telle façon que les sujets d'imitation soientprésentés agissant et accomplissant tout par eux-mêmes.L'imitation comporte donc les trois différences que voici, comme no...

• 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...

• Jamaica - country.

  majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...

• India - geografía.

  valiosas de madera, entre ellas la teca. En las tierras bajas pantanosas hay grandes regiones de jungla impenetrable y también a lo largo de las laderas bajas de los Ghatesoccidentales. La vegetación del Decán es menos exuberante, pero a través de toda la península se pueden encontrar espesuras de bambú, palmera y árboles caducifolios. Las selvas, llanuras, colinas y montañas de la India están habitadas por gran variedad de vida animal. Los felinos están bien representados, con tigres y panteras...

• Air Pollution.

  Several pollutants attack the ozone layer. Chief among them is the class of chemicals known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), formerly used as refrigerants (notably in airconditioners), as agents in several manufacturing processes, and as propellants in spray cans. CFC molecules are virtually indestructible until they reach thestratosphere. Here, intense ultraviolet radiation breaks the CFC molecules apart, releasing the chlorine atoms they contain. These chlorine atoms begin reacting withozone, br...

• Venezuela - country.

  Venezuela has six navigable rivers. Of the thousand or more streams in the country, the majority flow into the Orinoco. The Orinoco flows east across central Venezuelaand drains approximately four-fifths of the total area of the country. With the tributaries—the Apure, Meta, and Negro rivers—it forms the outlet into the Atlantic Oceanfor the waters of much of the interior of Colombia, as well as of inland Venezuela. F Climate The climate of Venezuela is tropical on the Llanos and along the coas...

• Tanzania - country.

  The population of Tanzania (2008 estimate) is 40,213,162, giving the country an overall population density of 45 persons per sq km (118 per sq mi). Yet the populationdistribution is irregular, with high densities found near fertile soils around Kilimanjaro and the shores of Lake Malawi, and comparatively low density throughout much ofthe interior of the country. In the late 1960s and 1970s the Tanzanian government resettled most of the rural population in collective farming villages as part of i...

• Indian Literature I INTRODUCTION Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things Indian author Arundhati Roy poses with a copy of her acclaimed first novel, The God of Small Things (1997).

  Mathura BuddhaMany of the earliest texts of Indian literature were religious writings of Buddhism. This Buddha figure carved out ofsandstone is from Mathura, a city in northern India that was at the center of Buddhist sculptural activity from the 2ndcentury bc to the 6th century ad.Angelo Hornak/Corbis The sacred Vedas were composed in Old Sanskrit by Aryan poet-seers between about 1500 BC and about 1000 BC. The Vedas are compilations of two major literary forms: hymns of praise to nature deit...

• Virginia (state) - geography.

  C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...

• Virginia (state) - USA History.

  C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...

• Maya Civilization.

  destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...

• Maya Civilization - History.

  destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...

• Massachusetts - geography.

  mi). Other large artificial lakes include Wachusett Reservoir, East Brimfield Reservoir, and Cobble Mountain Reservoir. Assawompsett Pond, covering about 10 sq km(about 4 sq mi), is the largest natural lake. North Watuppa Pond and Long Pond are other large natural lakes. Lake Chaubunagungamaug, near Webster, is usuallycalled Webster Lake, because the Algonquian name is difficult to pronounce and spell. The full version of the Native American name is said to be the longest place-namein North Amer...

• Iceland - country.

  III PEOPLE Icelanders are one of the most homogenous peoples in the world. They are predominantly of Nordic origin, descendants of the hardy people who emigrated fromNorway to Iceland in the Middle Ages. There are also some Celtic influences from Irish and Scottish immigrants who arrived from the British Isles ( see Celts). The population of Iceland (2008 estimate) is 304,367. Numerous times in its history, Iceland has suffered major population losses due to epidemics, volcanic eruptions, and...

• South America - Geography.

  South America is dominated by relatively warm climatic regimes. Spanning nearly the entire continent along the equator is a belt of humid tropical climate that grades tothe north and south into broad zones where the length of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall diminish. These zones have wet summers and dry winters and aresubject to prolonged droughts. Droughts are a particularly serious problem in northeastern Brazil and along the northern coast of Venezuela and Colombia. The areas ofra...

• Uruguay (country) - country.

  Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution of Uruguay. Three-quarters of the people belong to the Roman Catholic Church. There are also sizable Protestantand Jewish congregations. The official language is Spanish, which in Uruguay has been influenced by Italian vocabulary and pronunciation. C Education Uruguay has one of the highest rates of literacy in Latin America, at 98.2 percent of the adult population. Six years of primary education is compulsory, and Uruguay isone of the few n...

• Genética - ciencias de la naturaleza.

  5 HERENCIA CUANTITATIVA Los caracteres que se expresan como variaciones en cantidad o extensión, como el peso, la talla o el grado de pigmentación, suelen depender de muchos genes, así comode las influencias del medio. Con frecuencia, los efectos de genes distintos parecen ser aditivos, es decir, parece que cada gen produce un pequeño incremento o descensoindependiente de los otros genes. Por ejemplo, la altura de una planta puede estar determinada por una serie de cuatro genes: A, B, C y D....

• Dominican Republic - country.

  Manatees and sea turtles also live in Dominican waters. Common birds include blue herons, glossy ibis, flamingos, and brown pelicans. E Environmental Issues Urban dwellers of the Dominican Republic enjoy good access to safe water, but rural communities do not. While current water use is low relative to available resources,water shortages do occur. Although deforestation was once a serious problem in the Dominican Republic, by the beginning of the 21st century, the annual rate of deforestation h...

• française, littérature.

  Les romans courtois — nés sous l’influence de la poésie des troubadours chantant la fin’amor — proposent une nouvelle vision des relations sociales, fondées sur le respect que le chevalier doit à son seigneur et à sa Dame (le « service d’amour »). Les premiers textes qui s’inscrivent dans le cycle arthurien — relatant les hauts faits du roi légendaire Arthur et de ses chevaliers — apparaissent vers le XIe siècle, c’est-à-dire à une époque antérieure à la courtoisie. La légende d’Arthur ne ce...

• Light - astronomy.

  Each different frequency or wavelength of visible light causes our eye to see a slightly different color. The longest wavelength we can see is deep red at about 700 nm.The shortest wavelength humans can detect is deep blue or violet at about 400 nm. Most light sources do not radiate monochromatic light. What we call white light,such as light from the Sun, is a mixture of all the colors in the visible spectrum, with some represented more strongly than others. Human eyes respond best to greenlight...

• Vermont - geography.

  Forests cover 78 percent of Vermont. Most of the trees are deciduous, principally the maple, elm, birch, beech, oak, hickory, ash, cherry, and butternut. The state treeis the sugar maple, which provides Vermont’s famous maple syrup. Conifers are common in some mountain areas and include mainly the white pine, red spruce,hemlock, and cedar. A great variety of ferns have been found within the state. Among the more common wildflowers that grow in Vermont are anemones, arbutuses,violets, lilacs, dai...

• Vermont - USA History.

  Forests cover 78 percent of Vermont. Most of the trees are deciduous, principally the maple, elm, birch, beech, oak, hickory, ash, cherry, and butternut. The state treeis the sugar maple, which provides Vermont’s famous maple syrup. Conifers are common in some mountain areas and include mainly the white pine, red spruce,hemlock, and cedar. A great variety of ferns have been found within the state. Among the more common wildflowers that grow in Vermont are anemones, arbutuses,violets, lilacs, dai...

• Uzbekistan - country.

  E Environmental Issues The evaporation of the Aral Sea is one of the worst ecological disasters in the world. The Aral has shrunk so much that it now holds only about one-fifth the volume ofwater it held in 1960. The shrinkage is due to irrigation withdrawals from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, a practice that began on a massive scale in the early 1960s aspart of the Soviet Union’s ill-conceived drive to increase cotton yields in Central Asia. Growing cotton in the naturally arid and saline soil...

• Belgium - country.

  European Union (EU) directives aimed at improving Belgium’s environmental conditions concern water treatment and water quality, both significant issues in such anindustrial center. Before these directives were issued, the Meuse River, a major source of drinking water, had become polluted from steel production wastes. Otherrivers were polluted with animal wastes and fertilizers. However, Belgium failed to meet EU targets set for the early 2000s for protecting its rivers from farm pollutionand for...

• Nebraska - geography.

  by natural resource districts to limit the rate of pumping for irrigation. C Climate Nebraska has a typical continental climate with wide seasonal variations in temperature. C1 Temperature Winter temperatures below -20°C (0° F) and summer temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) are common. The average January temperature varies from about -7° C (about 20° F) in the northeast to about -2° C (about 29° F) in the southwest. The average for July, thehottest month, ranges from about 26° C...

• Nebraska - USA History.

  by natural resource districts to limit the rate of pumping for irrigation. C Climate Nebraska has a typical continental climate with wide seasonal variations in temperature. C1 Temperature Winter temperatures below -20°C (0° F) and summer temperatures in the upper 30°s C (lower 100°s F) are common. The average January temperature varies from about -7° C (about 20° F) in the northeast to about -2° C (about 29° F) in the southwest. The average for July, thehottest month, ranges from about 26° C...

• Western Philosophy.

  the popular belief in personal deities, but he failed to explain the way in which the familiar objects of experience could develop out of elements that are totally differentfrom them. Anaxagoras therefore suggested that all things are composed of very small particles, or “seeds,” which exist in infinite variety. To explain the way in whichthese particles combine to form the objects that constitute the familiar world, Anaxagoras developed a theory of cosmic evolution. He maintained that the activ...

• La conscience est elle de l'animalité ?