4 résultats pour "bran"
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Définition:
BRAN, BREN, substantif masculin.
mépris. Bran de soi, de vos promesses! (Dictionnaire de l'Académie française. 1798). Synonyme : zut! La Politique, ah, j'en fis! Mon avis? Zut et bran! (PAUL VERLAINE, Œuvres posthumes, tome 1, Parallèlement, 1896, page 119 ). STATISTIQUES : Fréquence absolue littéraire : 6. DÉRIVÉS : 1. Brenage, substantif masculin. DROIT FÉODALITÉ. (supra A). Redevance en (bran de) son que doit un vassal pour la nourriture des chiens de son seigneur. 2. Brener, verbe intransitif, argotique, péjoratif (supra B...
- FRANCE, Agnès de (1171-1220) Princesse capétienne, fille de Louis VII, roi de France, elle épouse Alexis II Comnène, Andronic Ier Comnène, empereurs d'Orient, puis Théodore Branas, noble byzantin.
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Excerpt from Our Mutual Friend - anthology.
The Podsnaps lived in a shady angle adjoining Portman Square. They were a kind of people certain to dwell in the shade, wherever they dwelt. Miss Podsnap's lifehad been, from her first appearance on this planet, altogether of a shady order; for, Mr Podsnap's young person was likely to get little good out of association withother young persons, and had therefore been restricted to companionship with not very congenial older persons, and with massive furniture. Miss Podsnap's earlyviews of life be...
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Rice - biology.
V HISTORY According to the most widely accepted theory, rice cultivation originated as early as 10,000 BC in Asia. Archaeological evidence shows that rice was grown in Thailand as early as 4000 BC, and over the centuries spread to China, Japan, and Indonesia. By 400 BC rice was cultivated in the Middle East and Africa. The invading armies of Alexander the Great probably introduced rice to Greece and nearby Mediterranean countries around 330 BC. Rice was brought to the American colonies in t...