FIGHT Fight(physically too)- come to blows‚ brawl‚ exchange blows‚ attack/assault each other‚ hit/punch War- skirmish‚ battle‚ wage war‚ go to war‚ make war‚ take up arms‚ bloodshed Quarrel(mostly verbal..like us)- argue/argument‚ row‚ bicker‚ squabble‚ have a row/fight‚ wrangle‚ dispute‚ be at odds‚ disagreement‚ fail to agree‚ differ/difference of opinion‚ be at variance‚ have words‚ bandy words‚ be at each other’s throats‚ be at loggerheads‚ falling-out‚ tangle‚ contretemps‚ altercation
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Stop Dog fights! I. Dogfighting is a contest in which two dogs specifically bred‚ conditioned‚ and trained to fight are placed in a pit to fight each other for the others entertainment and for the purpose of gambling. The average of the fights is one or two house long. The dogs suffer a lot people seem to think that there just animal but there are not just animal they are a living creatures just like the humans. a. The American pit bull terrier-type dogs used in the majority of these fights have
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One character in The Breakfast Club that most relates to me is Brian. We both want to keep our grades as high as we can‚ yet I am not the kind of person to join after school clubs unlike Brian did. Brian is classified as a nerd and proves to be cared about by his family unlike some other people that he his serving detention with. I can relate to this‚ although I don’t really classify myself as a nerd even though some people may. I can visualize myself as this character as he acts almost exactly like
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Flight or Fight Specific Purpose: Inform people about the “Fight or Flight” response and the better understand the way the body responds to certain stress. I. Introduction: Driving your parents home one night you begin to lose control of the car and crash. You’re able to escape the car unharmed‚ but notice one of your parents are stuck inside with the door jammed and the car on fire. Your heart rate begins to rise and you feel this surge of energy flow through your body. You react and rip the
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In the movie The Breakfast Club‚ five students are to spend the entire day together in detention. These five teenagers all come from extremely different backgrounds and social groups within their school. As the movie progresses they learn more about one another. This bond comes about due to the students trying to have fun while in detention. In the beginning ten minutes of the movie one can see the setting of a team form. This means that it was clear that there would be a plan of action made by
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The Joy Luck Club “The elements were from my mother’s own vision of organic chemistry. Each person is made of five elements‚ she told me. Too much fire and you had a bad temper. That was like my father‚ whom my mother always criticized for his cigarette habit and who always shouted back that she should keep her thoughts to herself. I think he now feels guilty that he didn’t let my mother speak her mind. Too little wood and bent to quickly to listen to other people’s ideas‚ unable to stand
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The Breakfast Club was a 1980’s movie that took a look at five high school students. They were all sentenced to a day of Saturday morning detention. All though all five come from different cliques and walks of life they all come together to discuss and work out there lives‚ problems‚ and insecurities. The main characters include Claire‚ Allison‚ Andy‚ Brian‚ and John. They are all stuck in the schools library under the careful watch of the Principle Richard Vernon. All this was accompanied by a little
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COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF BEOWULF ’S THREE FIGHTS Throughout the epic poem Beowulf‚ the hero Beowulf fights three main battles. Each of the fights were great tests of his strength. As the poem progresses and as Beowulf experiences different things‚ his character changes significantly‚ as does his reason for fighting. His first fight is against the monster Grendel‚ who has been terrorizing Hrothgar ’s kingdom for a long length of time. He then battles Grendel ’s mother‚ who is seeking revenge on
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Nikki Smalls Mr.Walpole Honors English 4 14 Oct. 2012 Beowulf V. Himself Ever wonder if a hero really is a hero by heart? Who actually does good deeds to be the protector and only protects the people? The character Beowulf‚ who is a Geat in the story Beowulf‚ translated by Burton Raffel plays the role of a hero; but is he really this innocent hero? Beowulf comes to protect the Danes by fighting evil monsters. Beowulf is a very boastful man filled with a lot of pride and energy. He loves to
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Which is another name for the fight or flight response? Sympathetic nervous system The "fight or flight response" is our body’s automatic response that prepares the body to "fight or flight" from perceived attack‚ harm or threat to ourselves. This response is something we are born with and has been in our systems for as long as humans have been alive. This "fight or flight" response happens when the internal or external stress activates the sympathetic nervous system and the adrenal-cortical system
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