ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MACHETE
Macheto, from Spanish machete, from macho club, perhaps from Vulgar Latin mattea (unattested) club.
6 QUOTES WITH «MACHETE»
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machete.
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.
I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.
I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don't be scared. They sell coconuts.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACHETE»
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machete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
machete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak
Adabert, Alphonse, Ignace, and the others (most of them farmers) told Hatzfeld how the work was given to them, what they thought about it, how they did it, and what their responses were to the bloodbath.
Cool and glamorous, they appear to be a successful couple on a holiday.
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Pink Boots and a
Machete: My Journey from NFL Cheerleader to ...
The author describes her amazing journey from a sheltered childhood to a cushy job as an NFL cheerleader to her bushwhacking, death-defying rise to become a top primatologist, world-renown for her landmark discovery of a new species of ...
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Machete: Jake and Jouma series
'They call me the Headhunter...you may be familiar with my work.' It’s Christmas and a machete-wielding predator with links to Kenya’s most feared crime organisation is handing out severed heads as gifts.
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With Her
Machete in Her Hand: Reading Chicana Lesbians
To create a first full map of that community, this book explores a wide range of plays, novels, and short stories by Chicana/o authors that depict lesbian characters or lesbian desire.
Catrióna Rueda Esquibel, 2009
The Pan-American "Huckleberry Finn" for the Twenty-first Century, a memoir of the young author's struggle with two realities, one Anglo-Saxon and the other Hispanic.
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The Walking Dead and Philosophy: Shotgun.
Machete. Reason.
Both the comic book series and TV show force us to confront our most cherished values and ask: would we still be able to hold onto these things in such a world? What are we allowed to do? What aren't we? Are there any boundaries left?
Christopher Robichaud, 2012
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The
Machete and the Cross: Campesino Rebellion in Yucatan
The rebels met with sporadic and limited success but still managed at times to remove whole portions of the Yucatan Peninsula from state control. ¯ Don E. Dumond?s work is the anticipated complete history of the Caste War.
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Love Has a Face: Mascara, a
Machete and One Woman's ...
With a deft pen, she recounts unforgettable stories of life in the bush, stories that capture the reader with the stark realities of living in a war zone--and the power of God's love to transform them.
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Machete Moments: A Turnaround Manager: from Burned Out at ...
Joe is exuberant as he proclaims, "It was a great trade." There is a chance that this book could be a catalyst to helping you to a life of creating your own Machete Moments.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACHETE»
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machete is used in the context of the following news items.
Guillermo Bejerano, 80, slices man with machete in Hialeah, police …
An 80-year-old homeless man was arrested Sunday after he attacked another man with a machete in the parking lot of a Hialeah shopping ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
Kingsport landlord allegedly attacks tenants with machete …
A Kingsport landlord was arrested for aggravated assault after he allegedly attacked two of his tenants with a machete because they were late ... «Kingsport Times News, Jul 15»
White pleads not guilty to machete-related charges
They then found a machete inside, and one of the alleged victims said White swung the blade at him. (Reach Andrew Sheeler at 701-250-8225 ... «Bismarck Tribune, Jul 15»
Man charged in alleged machete attack - Pacific Daily News
A 31-year-old man was charged last week with three counts of attempted murder after allegedly attacking three people with a machete in Yigo. «Pacific Daily News, Jul 15»
Milford man arrested following reported machete threat | WMDT.com …
Once back, Evarus and the woman reportedly got into another argument, during which he grabbed a machete, and raised it towards the vicitm. «WMDT, Jul 15»
Horrifying machete attack on friends playing computer games …
A shocking machete attack by three masked men on an unsuspecting group playing computer games has been caught on CCTV. The five ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
Attempted murder charge for man with machete - UTV
Tomas Daniel Foster is also accused of having a machete and twice threatening to kill the alleged victim. The 28-year-old, with an address at ... «U.TV, Jul 15»
Delaware 105.9 - Man Charged with Brandishing Machete During …
A domestic incident leads to charges against a Milford man who police say threatened a woman with a machete. 46-year-old Charnel Evarus ... «Delaware 105.9, Jul 15»
Man kills 72-year-old mother, hacks father with machete
The Anyinam Police has launched a manhunt for a youngman Kwabena Joe, who is alleged to have killed his 72-year-old mother with a pestle ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jul 15»
Milford man arrested for threatening woman with a machete
Charnel Evarus, a 46-year-old Milford man, was arrested after he allegedly threatened a 34-year-old female with a machete during a domestic ... «Milford Beacon, Jul 15»
