ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAVINE
From Old French: torrent, from Latin rapīna robbery, influenced by Latin rapidusrapid, both from rapere to snatch.
3 QUOTES WITH «RAVINE»
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ravine.
I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them.
With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine.
They've pushed me down a big ravine, but I'll get back up to the top.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAVINE»
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ravine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ravine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chávez
Ravine: 1949: A Los Angeles Story
Eighty-five stunning duotone photographs, originally taken in 1949, offer a remarkable portrait of Chavez Ravine, a tumble-down Mexican-American neighborhood in Los Angeles's Elysian Park, capturing the inhabitants rich cultural heritage, ...
From the Hardcover edition.
It promises to keep the reader on edge until its dramatic and unexpected conclusion. JAMES WILLIAMSON, a professor of architecture at the University of Memphis, was raised in the South in the days of segregation.
Jules, Chris, and Corey get the ride of their lives when they make a raft out of a fallen maple tree and set sail down the ravine, facing natural dangers, meeting unusual people, and stumbling into wild parties along the way.
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Miracle in Chavez
Ravine: The Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988
"After winning the 1981 World Series, raising the expectations of management and fans, the Los Angeles Dodgers followed up with six years of disappointing finishes.
Nivaria Tejera. locomotives in the dark, electric Auntie at her sewing machine,
her hair gray with light. Suddenly I'm thinking about a knife shape. Looks like a
big key. A cutting key. Key, cut Papa free. Wish I had one. Think hard, really hard.
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The Magic of the Dark
Ravine
In fact, he believes that no story is too scary-until the day his Grandpa offers to tell him the scariest story ever, "The Magic of the Dark Ravine," and even show him the ravine where the story takes place.
This book concentrates on Gully Ravine and its immediate area on the western side of the Helles battlefield, Gallipoli.
Stephen J. Chambers, 2003
This is the dramatic story of the events on the Somme after the great battle of 1916 ended and before the Germans withdrew to the Hindenburg Line. Its focus is on a ravine easily as impressive as that at Beaumont Hamel.
Two boys explore a ravine where they discover and solve a mystery involving a disappearing body, two strange men, an old woman mistaken for a witch, a secret passage, and a hidden trunk full of money.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAVINE»
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ravine is used in the context of the following news items.
Charges Filed Against Mom Of 3-Year-Old Girl Found Dead In Ravine
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – The mother of a 3-year-old girl found dead in a Swissvale ravine last month has been arrested on charges she asphyxiated her. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
Driver of car that fell 50 feet into ravine in Azusa may have been …
Los Angeles County firefighters respond after a car fell at least 40 feet over the side of the road and into a canyon in Azusa on Saturday, July 4, 2015. (Melissa ... «KABC-TV, Jul 15»
2 badly burned bodies found in a car in remote E. Wash. ravine
A volunteer firefighter spotted smoke coming from the ravine about 5:45 p.m. and went to investigate. The firefighter found a car engulfed in flames. The bodies ... «KOMO News, Jul 15»
Texas grandma survives 48 hours in ravine
"Then, it looks like she was off the embankment and down the ravine," said granddaughter Amanda Russ. Family members realized on Friday night the woman ... «WFAA, Jun 15»
Death of 2-year-old girl found in ravine probed as homicide
Authorities say more tests are needed to determine the cause and manner of death of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a western Pennsylvania ravine, ... «WPXI Pittsburgh, Jun 15»
Dump truck falls into ravine in Peru, killing 17, mostly schoolchildren
LIMA, June 9 (UPI) -- At least 17 people, mostly schoolchildren, died after the dump truck they traveled in fell more than 300 feet into a ravine in part of Peru's ... «UPI.com, Jun 15»
Deadly flood and mudslide leaves 50 dead as homes plunge into …
Helicopters were seen evacuating residents near the ravine for fear of another mudslide. Later, a fire engine could be seen taking away several bodies with their ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
Bus falls off cliff in northern China, killing 30 people
The state broadcaster China Central Television said in an earlier report that the bus was carrying more than 40 passengers and that it fell into a ravine more than ... «Fox News, May 15»
Driver in Gilroy crash that killed four facing DUI charges, CHP says
The driver of a car that sped off a rural highway in Gilroy and crashed into a ravine, killing four passengers, will be arrested on suspicion of DUI when he's ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
Thrill-seekers head to Tuckerman Ravine
MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. – On a postcard spring Saturday in New Hampshire's White Mountains, a boisterous band of pilgrims some 2,000 strong is ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, May 15»
