10 ZITATE AUF ENGLISCH MIT «ENORMITY»
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enormity.
When we dwell on the enormity of the Second World War and its victims, we try to absorb all those statistics of national and ethnic tragedy. But, as a result, there is a tendency to overlook the way the war changed even the survivors' lives in ways impossible to predict.
Death is not only an unusually severe punishment, unusual in its pain, in its finality and in its enormity, but is serves no penal purpose more effectively than a less severe punishment.
People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor.
We are afraid of the enormity of the possible.
To be honest, I'm not even thinking about America. If I was to start thinking about the enormity of 'Downton' and the size of the project, then I wouldn't be able to be very truthful to the work. I would start to watch myself too much. I'm not even thinking about it. Who knows what will happen.
That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but nobody really expected me to do well on clay - it was my worst surface. I had had some success on the clay but I was a set and a break up in the semi-final against Jausovec and maybe the enormity of the occasion got to me.
As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it.
To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.
When coal came into the picture, it took about 50 or 60 years to displace timber. Then, crude oil was found, and it took 60, 70 years, and then natural gas. So it takes 100 years or more for some new breakthrough in energy to become the dominant source. Most people have difficulty coming to grips with the sheer enormity of energy consumption.
I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful.
10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «ENORMITY» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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enormity in der folgenden bibliographischen Auswahl. Bücher, die mit
enormity im Zusammenhang stehen und kurze Auszüge derselben, um seinen Gebrauch in der Literatur kontextbezogen darzustellen.
Enormity is the strange tale of an American working in Korea, a lonely young man named Manny Lopes, who is not only physically small (in his own words, he's a ?Creole shrimp”), but his work, his failed marriage, his race, all conspire to ...
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The
enormity of the tragedy
A bawdy story of a pathetic middle-aged man who over night finds his impotence problem permanently fixed.
Quim Monzó, Peter Bush, 2007
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An Introduction to English Sentence Structure International ...
From this perspective, preposition copying arises when the preposition at the
original extraction site undergoes copying but not deletion. To see what this
means in more concrete terms, consider the syntax of (14a) In what enormity is
Marcius ...
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An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
From this perspective, preposition copying arises when the preposition at the
original extraction site undergoes copying but not deletion. To see what this
means in more concrete terms, consider the syntax of (14a) In what enormity is
Marcius ...
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
For example, Alan Dershowitz once said that Noam Chomsky "trivializes the
enormity of the Chinese massacre [at Tiananmen Square in 1990]." Letter of Alan
Dershowitz, Left's Response to Beijing Massacre, L.A. Times, 13 July 1989, at 2-6
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The dramatic works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: ...
Brother Bartholomew, 1 am sadly sorry to see you so lightly given, and sucli a
disciple of enormity, with your grave governor Humphrey : but stand you both
there, in the middle place ; I will reprehend you in your course. Mistress Grace, let
me ...
Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, George Colman, 1811
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Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
Frankish, 200 N.Y.S. 667, 668 (App. Div. 1923) (quoting the uncited opinion of
Schubert v. Schubert). enormity; enormousness. The historical differentiation
between these words should not be muddled. Enormousness = hugeness,
vastness.
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Judging and Understanding: Essays on Free Will, Narrative, ...
First, I will expand on the form of the problem of the tension between enormity
and complexity, whilst paying particular attention to establishing the presence
and parameters of moral complexity within both individual moral experiences of
the ...
Dr Pedro A Tabensky, 2012
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Quite Literally: Problem Words and how to Use Them
enormity,. enormous,. enormousness. enormous is used to mean either immense
or excessive or both. 'He went to enormous trouble' means that he worked very
hard - and should be praised rather than criticised for doing so - whereas 'he has
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
2 raise (a person) to a noble rank, ennoblement a enormous (I'naimas) adj
extraordinarily great in size, number, or degree: enormous sums of money
enormously adv enorm- ousness n enormity n 1 the quality or state of being
enormous.
10 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «ENORMITY» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
enormity im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
One Man's Quest to Save the Most Colossal Fishes on Earth
The central irony of the world's biggest freshwater fishes is this: For all their enormity, they sure are hard to find. I'm willing to bet, for instance, ... «Wired, Jul 15»
A Bosnian Serb in Phoenix says he's been labeled a war criminal …
“On the other hand, we shouldn't let the enormity of what happened there cloud our vision so that we can't discriminate between those who ... «PRI, Jul 15»
Garbine Muguruza surprises Agnieszka Radwanska to reach …
A further break in the second underlined her supremacy but at 3-1, the enormity of the situation appeared to kick in. As Muguruza tightened ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
A child's life in the Warsaw Ghetto
... of the challenge of accurately depicting the enormity of the tragedy, or the problem of using beautiful language to depict something so ugly. «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
Christians urge Western powers to take firmer line in Iran talks
It contains too many concessions given the enormity of this threat and the untrustworthy nature of the Iranian regime. We feel we must speak up ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
PSNI to hold criminal inquiry into Nama allegations
“However, given the enormity of the sums of money involved in these transactions, a more extensive judicial inquiry may be necessary to ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Warney on fire at World Series of Poker in Vegas
Earlier on day two, Warne spoke of the enormity of the challenge that lay ahead. “Tough table, I went out pretty aggressive,” Warne said. «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
Before Vyapam scam, a plunder of fodder and health funds
The enormity of the scam and subsequent deaths reflect a similar pattern that the country has witnessed in the past vis-à-vis Bihar's fodder ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
Nigeria's knight in northern armour
His relaxed mien belies the enormity of the work ahead. Keys to Kaduna's revival. Transport Until the Abuja-Kaduna railway came along ... «The Africa Report, Jul 15»
How big is Anonymous? Maybe bigger than you thought
The point of the study was to "show the enormity and connectivity of the Anonymous movement at a global level," he said. The end result ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
