单词 TWELVE的词源
Old English twelf; related to Old Frisian twelif, Old High German zwelif, Old Norse tolf, Gothic twalif.
«TWELVE»的英语 引用
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twelve的知名引用和例句
Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!
I would say that social work began in my mind in the Unitarian Church when I was ten or twelve years old, and I started to do things that I thought would help other people.
You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty.
I have a showroom where we experiment with twelve cakes. We develop sketches and ideas for cakes for the next season. We work with the top fashion designers to see what type of lace they are using or work with the top florist for us to be able to make various sugar roses or flowers.
I think every director's different. Every director's got his own style. I mean, when I directed, I basically just screamed for eight hours a day, twelve hours a day.
I've read the 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' at least once a year since I was twelve years old.
I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines.
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit.
By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time.
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Survivors of a government-induced apocalypse endure their violent and disease-stricken world while protecting their loved ones; while a century into the future, members of a transformed society determinedly search for the original twelve ...
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A History of the World in
Twelve Maps
Jerry Brotton is the presenter of the acclaimed BBC4 series 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession'. Here he tells the story of our world through maps.
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The
Twelve Tissue Remedies of Schuessler
1888 This treatise on the Twelve Tissue Remedies contains all that Schussler himself wrote on the subject, and embodies as well the whole published experience of the homeopathic school in their use, beside much original matter from some of ...
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A Study of the
Twelve Apostles
This book will give the reader a better understanding and appreciation for the twelve apostles.
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Twelve Angry Men: A Play in Three Acts
"A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts."--P. [4] of cover.
Reginald Rose, Sherman L. Sergel,
1983
There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the Twelve individual prophets, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book.
Marvin Alan Sweeney, David W. Cotter, Jerome T. Walsh,
2000
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Twelve Greeks and Romans who Changed the World
In Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World, Carl J. Richard brings to life a group of men whose contributions fundamentally altered western society.
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Play from Birth to
Twelve: Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings
Previous ed.: published as Play from birth to twelve and beyond. 1998.
Doris Pronin Fromberg, Doris Bergen,
2006
The chilling novel follows prep school dropout White Mike through the week between Christmas and New Year's 1999, as he takes a year off to deal an alluring new drug to his privileged peers on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Ostap Bender is an unemployed con artist living by his wits in postrevolutionary Soviet Russia.
Ilʹi͡a Ilʹf, Evgeniĭ Petrov,
1961
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Russell M. Nelson ordained President of the Quorum of the Twelve
PROVO — Elder Russell M. Nelson, 90, was set apart by President Thomas S. Monson as the new president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The ... «Daily Herald, 七月 15»
Twelve passengers reported sick on Fiji Airways flight at LAX
Twelve passengers on a Fiji Airways flight Monday were examined by medical officials at Los Angeles International Airport after they experienced vomiting and ... «The Daily Breeze, 六月 15»
Three held after man taken from Twelve Tribes religious commune …
VISTA – Three people from Puerto Rico were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a relative from a religious commune in Southern California, authorities said ... «OCRegister, 六月 15»
Elder Perry was a 'big brother to all his juniors in the Quorum of the …
Elder Perry was a 'big brother to all his juniors in the Quorum of the Twelve'. By Josh Furlong | Posted Jun 5th, 2015 @ 3:09pm ... «KSL.com, 六月 15»
How Mormons Will Choose A New Apostle To The Quorum Of The …
The Utah-based faith's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has, of course, a dozen members, who are seated according to their length of service. The 92-year-old ... «Huffington Post, 六月 15»
Ghostface Killah announces Twelve Reasons to Die II, shares …
Back in 2013, Ghostface Killah released his acclaimed comic book-based concept album, Twelve Reasons to Die. That record, which saw Ghostface portraying ... «Consequence of Sound, 五月 15»
Elder Scott unable to attend meetings of the Twelve, but Elder Perry …
Elder Richard G. Scott is unable to attend meetings of the LDS Church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles due to advanced age, the church announced Friday, but ... «Deseret News, 五月 15»
Review: Twists, Characters Propel the Novel 'Twelve Days'
From a shoulder-fired rocket aimed at a passenger jet that alights its opening pages "Twelve Days," is the sort of spy thriller that locks you in a fast and ferocious ... «New York Times, 二月 15»
The real cost of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”? $27673
They measure this by adding up the cost of all the gifts given in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” from the 12 drummers drumming to the partridge in a ... «Washington Post, 十二月 14»
JAM SESSION: Twelve Tribes downtown plan
The local Twelve Tribes religious organization, which operates the Common Sense store downtown on Main Street, is proposing the development of a two-story ... «Wicked Local Plymouth, 十二月 14»