the haphazard secondary motion caused by eddies within a moving fluid: meteorology ; irregular motion of the atmosphere‚ as that indicated by gusts and lulls in the wind "disorderly‚ tumultuous‚ unruly" (of persons)‚ from Middle French turbulent‚ 1530s; from Latin turbulentus "full of commotion‚ restless;" from turba "turmoil‚ crowd” The sound of turbulence is appealing‚ as are the abundance of syllables. Hearing flight attendants say it with notable formality has made it stick in my head even more. Crunchy:
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especially one borrowed long ago is practically indistinguishable [ˌɪndɪ’stɪŋgwɪʃəbl] from a native word without a thorough etymological analysis (street Old English stræt‚ of West Germanic origin‚ from late Latin strāta (via) ‘paved (way)’‚ school‚ face Middle English: from Old French‚ based on Latin facies ‘form‚ appearance‚ face’). The number of borrowings in the vocabulary of a language and the role played by them is determined by the historical development of the nation speaking the language.
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Morocco‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ and Uganda" (National Geographic) . The listed countries are among those that have filed honour killing reports. Many other countries have not reported the honour kills that have taken place. This list also fails to mention the honor killings have also occurred in developed countries such as Canada and the United States of America. Since 1990 to 2012 there have been a total of 16 honour killings in Canada‚ in which the perpetrator was convicted. (Cancrime) This is a large number
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Throughout the children’s literature class I have learned how to appropriately analyze and comprehend children’s books. Learning these skills will help me immensely as future educator choosing which books to integrate into lessons and how I can integrate a variety of topics‚ including multicultural topics. My inquiry research paper will discuss the personal and social values of Italian culture and influence within six books wrote by Tomie dePaola. I choose to focus on this aspect of his work because
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6/27/2012 9:00 PM • What are some of the philosophies that influenced Latin America? In what way did they impact the cultures of Latin America? [1] European nationality group‚ English have had the biggest impact on American cultures and their society. European people have made more than half of the population. They still have more of a population today‚ though non-European population is increasing steadily. The English Anglo-Americans entered the country and help bring about ideas. The English
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On Thursday‚ November 20th a speech was delivered by Ted Cruz as a reaction to another one of Obama’s actions. This speech is a modern American version of Cicero’s In Catilinam‚ a speech which was uttered by Cicero against the traitor Catiline who planned to overthrow Rome and seize control. Cruz only made use of the first fourth of the first in a group of three speeches‚ since he only needed that mch to make his point and as everyone knows‚ Cicero is extremely long winded. Ted did not change much
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Latin II Syllabus Teacher: Magister Compton Room: 325 E-mail: bcompton@moeller.org Course Description In Latin II‚ students will continue their vocabulary and grammar instruction from Latin I. We will build upon nouns and adjectives by adding adjective degrees and new uses for noun cases. We will take knowledge of verbs and conjugation and apply this to learning about the passive voice of verbs. We will also begin looking at some more complicated sentence constructions such as indirect
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superstizione‚ Spanish supersticion‚ Portuguese superstição‚ Catalan superstició) continues Latin superstitio. From its first use in the Classical Latin of Livy and Ovid (1st century BC)‚ the term is used in the pejorative sense it still holds today‚ of an excessive fear of the gods or unreasonable religious belief‚ as opposed to religio‚ the proper‚ reasonable awe of the gods. While the formation of the Latin word is clear‚ from the verb super-stare‚ "to stand over‚ stand upon; survive"‚ its original
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people have used words that describe the concept of bravery. The history‚ or etymology‚ of the English word bravery is as follows. The word originated in Latin as barbarus. The Romans who spoke Latin were warriors so it is logical they would have a word that talked about their courageous actions. The Vulgar Latin‚ which was spoken Latin‚ was transformed by Middle French in the Middle Ages as well as by Middle English. This form of English was what was spoken in the 12th to 15thcenturies. From
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years‚ people have used words that describe the concept of bravery. The history‚ or etymology‚ of the English word bravery is as follows. The word originated in Latin as barbarous. The Romans who spoke Latin were warriors so it is logical they would have a word that talked about their courageous actions. The Vulgar Latin‚ which was spoken Latin‚ was transformed by Middle French in the middle Ages as well as by Middle English. This form of English was what was spoken in the 12th to 15thcenturies. From
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