TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE RIVER»
The term «the river» is very widely used and occupies the
9.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «THE RIVER»
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the river.
They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.
After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began the descent of the river.
I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.
Paris's neighborhoods, the arrondissements, are organized like a twist. They spiral from the river like toilet water flushing in reverse and erupting out of the bowl - a corkscrew or what have you, a flattened pig's tail, a whorling braid notched one to 20.
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.
The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.
Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.
The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
It's the classic story form. All staying equal, or proving equal, or being equal, this will all continue, and the next time around, we'll move on to see what happened to Harry after he dove in the river, or who his friend John really was, and so on.
I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I only have about 15 recipes in my repertoire that I rotate - but I love being able to go down to the river and catch a 30 lb. salmon, then grill it on the barbecue.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE RIVER»
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the river in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the river and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport the injured man a hundred miles downstream to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate. From the Paperback edition.
For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people. From the Paperback edition.
JAMES ALEXANDER Thom, 2010
Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.
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Hearts Awakening (Hearts Along the River Book #1)
With no means to support herself, Ellie Kilmer agrees to work as a housekeeper for the young widower who lives on Dillon Island, hopeful she can obtain a proper reference.
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Ace on
the River: An Advanced Poker Guide
From early in 2003 to the middle of 2004, Barry Greenstein won seven poker tournaments including a World Poker Tour event and a World Series of Poker bracelet.
He remains trapped, afraid to take hold of the life awaiting him. When he returns to The River after years away, his heart knows he is finally home. His destiny is within reach.
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Green Days by
the River
A novel about a boy on the edge of adult responsibilities, this is the story of Shell - a Trinidadian boy wtho moves to a new village and meets two girls.
At the same time she wonders, Are her hopes for happiness and new life in America disloyal to her past and her people? From the Paperback edition.
‘Brilliant and terrifying’ Observer Set in an unnamed African country, the book is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast.
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Journey to
the River Sea
It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at 13, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE RIVER»
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the river is used in the context of the following news items.
River Thames Bursts Banks, Flooding Homes Near London
LONDON—Hundreds of homes have flooded and hundreds more are at risk to the west of London after the River Thames burst its banks on Monday as England ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 14»
Is This The Year The Atchafalaya River 'Captures' The Mississippi?
is the section where he describes the flood of 1973, the last time the structures holding back the river were put to the test, and when they nearly failed–the river ... «Forbes, May 11»
Red River reaches record level, floods Fargo with uncertainty
"Right now, we think the river is beginning to crest," said Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker. "As long as we stay under 42 feet, I think we got a chance; if we go over ... «CNN, Mar 09»
