rural+scene

  • 41drop away — PHRASAL VERB If land or ground drops away, it slopes down so that it is at a lower level to where you are or from a particular point that has been mentioned. [V P prep] To the south the hills dropped away to farmland... [V P] From the house, the… …

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  • 42paysage — n. 1 a rural scene; a landscape. 2 landscape painting. Derivatives: paysagist n. Etymology: F f. pays country: see PEASANT …

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  • 43pay|sage — «pay ee ZAZH», noun. French. a painting or drawing of a rural scene; landscape …

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  • 44Chunyun — Scene of the 2009 Chunyun period inside Beijing West Railway Station, China Chunyun, (traditional Chinese: 春運; …

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  • 45Bataille de Djahy — Scène de bataille entre les peuples de la mer et les égyptiens, temple funéraire de Ramsès III à Médinet Habou La bataille de Djahy est une importante bataille terrestre entre les forces du pharaon Ramsès …

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  • 46literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 47ALGÉRIE — En 1962, les fées ont été particulièrement nombreuses à se presser autour de l’Algérie. L’« exemplarité » de la lutte de libération nationale, longue et violente, ravissait ceux qui ne voient de progrès humain que dans l’action de l’« accoucheuse …

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  • 48Mendip — This article is about the local government district in Somerset. For the hills after which the district is named, see Mendip Hills. Mendip   Non metropolitan district   …

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  • 49performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 50police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …

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