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    Robert Burns

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    Ivan Franko National University in Lviv Faculty of Foreign Languages Department of Translation Studies LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES OF ROBERT BURNS’ SONGS AND THEIR REPRODUCTION IN TRANSLATION (based on Robert Burns ’ song and their translation by Mykola Lukash) Course paper Done by a 3rd -year student Olha Komarnytska

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    Burn Journals

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    The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon is an intimate memoir about the recovery from depression and a horrific suicide attempt. Brent Runyon was born in 1977 in Falls Church‚ Virginia. Runyon was a normal public school student until his depression got out of control and he resorted to suicide. He had several attempts that never would work. Although his suicide was not successful there was one final attempt that would take years of recovery. His last attempt was influenced by a book of matches and will

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    Burn Journals

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    Reflection 1: Burn Journals  Personal Response: What are your initial reactions to the book? What insights‚ aha’s‚ or connections do you have based on your group’s conversation? When I first started this book I had an idea that it was going to be really emotional and the boy was depressed for reasons because of home life‚ or just a sickness he couldn’t understand. But when it started out as such raw thoughts of a male teenage boy‚ I was completely caught off guard by how honest it

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    The Burn Journals

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    The Burn Journals Brent Runyon Brent Runyon‚ a fourteen year old boy was highly depressed. He was very intellectual‚ and had succeeded in many hard classes till third grade. He decided he didn’t like school anymore and wanted to be known. Brent was known as one of the funniest kids in school. He was a jokester and played many pranks on other students. After an exciting day he tried to light a locker on fire. He ended up burning a shirt and destroying some property. Brent didn’t want to be known

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    Degree of Burns

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    Definition Burns can be caused by flame‚ UV radiation‚ hot liquids‚ electricity‚ lightning and certain chemicals. Major burns are a medical emergency and require urgent medical attention. In some cases‚ skin graft surgery is needed (Atkinson A.‚ 1998) . Different types of burns There are four types of burns: * Thermal burns caused by fire‚ hot objects‚ hot liquids‚ and gases; or by nuclear blast or fireball Thermal burn treatment .     enlarge | info | Fig. 1 Thermal burn - full thickness

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    Prescribed Burn

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    In a sharp contrast to these are prescribed burns which are fires that are purposefully set and controlled. They help to prevent‚ and limit wildfires in places where they cause damage‚ and to replace wildfires in habitats which rely on the regular occurrence of fire. Prescribed burns are fires which are purposefully set in order to eliminate some of the problems which arise from uncontrolled wildfires. Back burning is one variety of a prescribed burn. The method of action in back burning is to light

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    Burns and Mcdonnell

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    BURNS AND MCDONNEL INTRODUCTION Burns and McDonnell ranks 26th in Fortune’s 2012 list of 100 best companies. Burns & McDonnell‚ headquartered in Kansas City‚ is a full-service engineering‚ architecture‚ construction‚ environmental and consulting solutions firm. Our multidiscipline staff of more than 3‚600 employee-owners includes engineers‚ architects‚ construction experts‚ planners‚ estimators‚ economists‚ technicians and scientists‚ representing

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    Burn Recovery

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    Increasing numbers of individuals are surviving burn injuries that in the past would have proved fatal. Over the past 40 years‚ advances in burn management‚ such as in resuscitation‚ early excision and grafting‚ and surgical critical care‚ have dramatically improved the percentage of survivors of severe burn injuries. With this improvement in survival comes an increased need for comprehensive burn rehabilitation so that when a life is saved‚ the quality of lifestyle and participation in meaningful

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    Ken Burns

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    KEN BURNS: JAZZ What is Jazz? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American. Founded primarily in the south during the 1800’s‚ this form of music was the first significant African American contribution that would be heard all around the world. Its constantly changing nature and loose rules allow it to be flexible and therefore‚ viable to audiences of all ages. Why is it unique to the American experience? Jazz is one of the few arts that will be considered truly American.

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    Burn Burning

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    also an important symbol in "Barn Burning‚” fire is in almost every section of the story but the fire that counts is the fire Abner builds the night the family camps out before arriving at the de Spain mansion. Another symbol is the wagon on moving day and spring. To begin with‚ blood comes up a lot in "Barn Burning" though usually in terms of the blood shared by relatives. At the beginning of the story Sarty smells something besides food in the store. He smells "the old fierce pull of blood". Its

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