ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DANGER
Daunger power, hence power to inflict injury, from Old French dongier (from Latin dominium ownership) blended with Old French dam injury, from Latin damnum.
WHAT DOES DANGER MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of danger in the English dictionary
The definition of danger in the dictionary is the state of being vulnerable to injury, loss, or evil; risk. Other definition of danger is a person or thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
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10 QUOTES WITH «DANGER»
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danger.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.
I remember when we were doing the first Dragon's Lair, I got really involved with coming up with all the little rooms and what was the danger in the room and going into it with bats and spiders and snakes.
Movements such as the Pan-Germanic, Pan-Islamic, or Pan-Negro justify themselves on the basis of their common language, or their common religion, or their color. But since the undefined masses involved in these movements lack the essential and real unity of background or community of purpose, they become a grave danger to general peace.
There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANGER»
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danger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
danger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A collection of facts and statistics about dangerous and/or nasty things in nature, on the Earth, in space, the human body, science, places, sports, culture, and the past.
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Purity and
Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and ...
In 1995 the book was included among the Times Literary Supplement's hundred most influential non-fiction works since WWII.
Introduces the nature and effects of alcohol and describes what happens when it is abused.
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Flirting with
Danger: Young Women's Reflections on Sexuality ...
Based on a broad range of conceptual, political, and down-to-earth viewpoints, the original essays in this volume show how the bathroom—as a practical matter--reveals competing visions of pollution, danger and distinction.
With his grandfather badly hurt in an accident on their ranch and the rest of the family in town, a young boy must go get help at the height of a blizzard, even though there is a panther prowling in the area.
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Danger!: True Stories of Trouble and Survival
Twenty-eight travelers share stories involving danger from war, urban violence, disease, wild animals, and outlaws
James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, Seán O'Reilly, 1999
When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
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Danger!: A children's book about handling fear, dangerous ...
Discusses how to handle fear and presents guidelines for safely dealing with dangerous things, places, and situations.
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Sex &
Danger in Buenos Aires: Prostitution, Family, and ...
In Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires these questions combine with particular force. During most of the time covered in this provocative book, from the late nineteenth century well into the twentieth, prostitution was legal in Argentina.
Hidden away in the witness protection program, Sara is falling in love with former pro football player Adam Black, which is something that could get her killed.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANGER»
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danger is used in the context of the following news items.
My life is in danger - Blade
Johannesburg - SA Communist Party secretary Blade Nzimande told delegates at the party's special national congress on Wednesday that his ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
Ian Bell is in danger of regressing with England... his next few Ashes …
Now, he is in danger of regressing. Dropped from the one-day team after England's diabolical World Cup, he was then stripped of the Test ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Mailbag: How undefeated Ohio State could end up in playoff danger
One quick note before we get to this week's Mailbag questions. If you're on Facebook and would like some college football articles to break up ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
A Number review – Caryl Churchill explores the danger of artificial …
But, just as in The Skriker and Far Away, she deals with ecological catastrophe and here memorably implies that scientific progress is in danger ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
The lure of a ring brings Davis back to Danger
For The Independent/Jimmy Rash, file The Nebraska Danger's Adrian Davis (right) sacks Tri-Cities Fever quarterback Dante Warren (5) in the ... «Grand Island Independent, Jul 15»
Les Leyne: Little progress in fire-danger reduction
It was also critical of local communities and individual property owners, saying the FireSmart principles that would ease the danger (move ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
BLACK ICE DANGER
BLACK ICE DANGER Black ice remains the biggest issue in wintry Christchurch as contractors lay grit in traffic hotspots. Christchurch Transport ... «Taranaki Daily News, Jul 15»
US downplays near-term danger from Greece, China
US downplays near-term danger from Greece, China. BY Zachary Warmbrodt. But Treasury Secretary ..... US downplays near-term danger from Greece, China ... «Politico, Jul 15»
Glass sponge reefs in danger of shattering
Glass Sponge Reefs are in danger of becoming extinct due to their fragility and lack of regulations protecting them from fisherman trawling ... «Prince Rupert Northern View, Jul 15»
Title X, the Federal Family Planning Program, Is in Danger
Title X provides family planning and reproductive health services to low-income women. (Photo: Getty Images/Laura Johansen). While the ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»