10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE QUI VIVE»
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THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA A Politico-Legal Study
... Constitution "expressly confers upon the Courts the powers of judicial review '
and, as regards Fundamental Rights, the Court has been, by the present Article,
assigned the role of a sentinel on the 'qui vive'. While the Court naturally attaches
...
'I can't understand that people want to have everything, all life, no?—so safe and
ready-made as in England and America. It is good to be awake. On the qui vive,
no?' 'Perhaps,' she said. 'So I like it,' he said, 'when Ramón tells the people the ...
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Complete D. H. Lawrence- Sons and Lovers
The Rainbow Women ...
'I can't understand that people want to have everything, all life, no?so safe and
readymade asin England and America. It isgood tobe awake. On the qui vive, no
?' 'Perhaps,'she said. 'So I likeit,' he said, 'when Ramón tells the people theearth ...
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Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette
Med- Semi- Monthly. "QUI VIVE." This sentinel's challenge has passed into a
proverb, and is often used in this country almost as a substantive, "on the qui vive
" being synonymous with "on the alert" or "ready for action if necessary." But what
is ...
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The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases
1751 there were many others, all equally on the fut vive: In J. H. Jesse's Geo.
Selwyn cV Contemporaries, Vol. 1. p. 137 (1882). 813 Our new king Log we
cannot complain of as too young', or too much on the qui-vive: M. Edceworth,
Patronage, ...
Charles Augustus Maude Fennell, 1891
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Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations: ...
He who lives contented possesses everything. He who lives long knows what
pain is. Who goes there? (On the qui vive, i.e. on the alert. P Who lives will see. If
you see a pin and let it lie, You may yet want it before you die. What, do kings die
?
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Hitting
the nail
on the head: 3000 Redensarten deutsch-englisch
I It makes me see red. Hut • seinen Hut nehmen miissen : . die Papiere
bekommen Hut • auf der Hut sein to be on the alert, to be on one's guard, to be
sur le qui vive (coll), on the qui vive (coll), on the lookout We have got to be on
the qui vive ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... vexed question see vex. queue jump the queue to move ahead of others in a
queue without waiting for one's proper turn: Many wealthy or important people try
to jump the queue for hospital beds. qui on the qui vive very alert: Mary, who was
...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Literary Imagination, Ancient and Modern: Essays in Honor of ...
Swift wrote to Dr. Sheridan: "Did I tell you, that I much esteem your younger son,
but thought him a little too much on the qui vive which I would have you reform in
him. I know no other fault in him. He is an English boy, and learned it there.
Todd Breyfogle, David Grene, 1999
... jump the queue to move ahead of others in a queue without waiting for one's
proper turn: Many wealthy or important people try to jump the queue for hospital
beds. qui on the qui vive very alert: Mary, who was the only one on the qui vive, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE QUI VIVE»
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on the qui vive is used in the context of the following news items.
A crime novel so incompetent it might have been written by a child
But then, by the time we reach that particular sentence, our disbelief will have been on the qui vive for about 70 pages, ever since the opening ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Besombes/Rizet
... soft focus walnut brown, while in the distance, the pair wander through bucolic pastures, perhaps on the qui vive for champignons magiques. «The Quietus, Jul 15»
Increased Chances for Cargo Thefts This Week
... American July 4th holiday, is a particularly busy time for thieves so the organization is recommending you stay on the qui vive for truck thefts. «Today's Trucking News, Jun 15»
SC Strikes Down Section 66A As Unconstitutional!
It reassures us that the Supreme Court, in spite of some aberrations, continues to be the sentinel on the qui vive to protect the citizens' ... «Moneycontrol.com, Mar 15»
Allow floor test in Bihar: experts
“It is to be remembered that this court is the sentinel on the qui vive,” the judgment observed. “A majority of the legislators have decided to elect ... «The Hindu, Feb 15»
immeasurable impact of a dropped catch
... been able to reproduce satisfactorily has been the act of waiting — for five overs, 10 overs, a session, a day — and remaining on the qui vive. «The Australian, Dec 14»
BUMMER, a Debut Picture Book by Peggy Huth, Presents a Bummer …
... Peggy Huth has embarked on her first children's book series about a tiny motherless lamb – often ON the lam – and always on the qui vive. «PR Newswire, Sep 14»
Somalian Pirates Case: SC asks Centre to appoint nodal officer
“This Court is assigned the role of sentinel on the qui vive for protection of rights of citizens and steps in, in exercise of power of judicial review ... «Indian Express, Sep 14»
A history of Paris during Nazi occupation
It did keep the Germans and their henchmen in the police force on the qui vive, but there remained “the ethical questions that would haunt ... «Washington Post, Aug 14»
Administer Triple Test to Eradicate Capitation Fee
The court which is “a sentinel on the qui vive” using Article 142 can administer the triple test without affecting rights flowing from Articles 19, 25, ... «The New Indian Express, Aug 14»
