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• but. XXIII « Je suis bien aise de vous voir, me dit M. Pocket,

  XIII « Je suisbien aisedevous voir,meditM. Pocket, etj’espère quevous n’êtes pasfâché deme voir non plus, carje ne suis pas, ajouta-t-il aveclesourire deson fils,unpersonnage bieneffrayant. » Il avait l’airassez jeune, malgré sondésordre etses cheveux trèsgris, etses manières semblaient toutàfait naturelles. Jeveux direparlàqu’elles étaientdépourvues detoute affectation. Ilyavait quelque chosedecomique dans sonairdistrait, quieût étéfranchement burlesque,s’ilnes’était aperçu lui-même qu’ilétait...

• Colmar Pocket

• mean? Over." "Well, they always seem to run out. Everyone's

  I could hearherkissing herfingers andthen blowing. 4. Buckminster 3. Mom I blew herakiss back. 2. Grandma "Over andout," oneofus said. 1. Dad We need much bigger pockets, Ithought asIlay inbed, counting offthe seven minutes thatittakes anormal personto fall asleep. Weneed enormous pockets,pocketsbigenough forour families, andourfriends, andeven thepeople who aren't onour lists, people we'venevermetbutstill want toprotect. Weneed pockets forboroughs andforcities, a pocket thatcould holdtheunivers...

• XXI Je jetai les yeux sur M.

  cabaret. Cependant, jetrouvai queBarnard n’étaitqu’unespritsanscorps, ou,sivous préférez, unefiction, etson hôtel le plus triste assemblage deconstructions mesquinesqu’onaitjamais entassées dansuncoin humide pouryloger un club dematous. Nous entrâmes danscetasile parune porte àguichet, etnous tombâmes, parunpassage decommunication, dans un mélancolique petitjardin carré,quime fitl’effet d’uncimetière sanssépulture nitombeaux. Jecrus voirqu’il yavait dans celieu lesplus affreux arbres,lesplus aff...

• Billiards.

  One of the most important snooker players in history was Joe Davis of England, who retired in 1946 after dominating the game for 20 years. He made runs of 100points or more 687 times. This record was later broken by Australia's Horace Lindrum, whose uncle Walter Lindrum was also a world-class billiards player. The mostsuccessful players in recent years include Ireland’s Ken Doherty, Scotland’s Stephen Hendry, and England’s Steve Davis, Jimmy White, and Mark Williams. IV HISTORY Billiards can b...

• pays, et j'ai pensé que vous prendriez celle-là.

  XII Le jeune homme pâleetmoi, nous restâmes encontemplation l’undevant l’autre, danslachambre del’Hôtel Barnard, jusqu’aumoment oùnous partîmes d’ungrand éclatderire. « Est-il possible !... Est-cebienvous ? dit-il. – Est-il possible ! Est-cebienvous ? » dis-je. Et puis nous nouscontemplâmes denouveau, etde nouveau nousnousremîmes àéclater derire. « Eh bien ! ditlejeune homme pâleenavançant samain d’unairdebonne humeur, c’estfini,j’espère, etvous serez assez magnanime pourmepardonner devous avoir...

• World War II .

  the Nazi-Soviet Pact was signed. In the part published the next day, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to go to war against each other. A secret protocol gaveStalin a free hand in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, eastern Poland, and eastern Romania. See also German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. III MILITARY OPERATIONS In the early morning hours of September 1, 1939, the German armies marched into Poland. On September 3 the British and French surprised Hitler by declaring war onGermany, but they...

• bien riche, par ma foi, pour gaspiller ton argent de cette façon !

  Miss Sarah Pocket, etnon Estelle, vintm’ouvrir. « Comment ! c’estencore toi ?ditmiss Pocket. Queveux-tu ? » Quand jelui eus ditque j’étais seulement venupoursavoir comment seportait missHavisham, Sarahdélibéra si elle merenverrait ounon àmon ouvrage. Maisnevoulant pasprendre surelle une pareille responsabilité, elleme laissa entrer, etrevint bientôt medire sèchement quejepouvais monter. Rien n’était changé, etmiss Havisham étaitseule. « Eh bien ! dit-elle enfixant sesyeux surmoi, j’espère quetun...

• Gold - chemistry.

  producers of gold during this period. Spain's domination in South America resulted, in the 16th century, in a large increase in gold produced in the New World; someresulted from simple seizure of gold from the Native Americans, who had long mined the metal. In the same century Mexico contributed about 9 percent of the totalworld production. Gold was discovered in Australia in February 1851, and rich fields were found there. By the middle of the 19th century the United States produced a considera...

• Bird. I INTRODUCTION Bird, animal with feathers and wings. Birds are the only

  B Physical Adaptations for Flight The internal body parts of all birds, including flightless ones, reflect the evolution of birds as flying creatures. Birds have lightweight skeletons in which many of themajor bones are hollow. A unique feature of birds is the furculum, or wishbone, which is comparable to the collarbones of humans, although in birds the left and rightportions are fused together. The furculum absorbs the shock of wing motion and acts as a spring to help birds breathe while they...

• Bird - biology.

  B Physical Adaptations for Flight The internal body parts of all birds, including flightless ones, reflect the evolution of birds as flying creatures. Birds have lightweight skeletons in which many of themajor bones are hollow. A unique feature of birds is the furculum, or wishbone, which is comparable to the collarbones of humans, although in birds the left and rightportions are fused together. The furculum absorbs the shock of wing motion and acts as a spring to help birds breathe while they...

• Cuba - country.

  Only two land mammals, the hutia, or cane rat, and the solenodon, a rare insectivore that resembles a rat, are known to be indigenous. The island has numerous batsand nearly 300 kinds of birds, including vultures, wild turkeys, quail, finches, gulls, macaws, parakeets, and hummingbirds. The bee hummingbird of Cuba is thesmallest bird in the world. Among the few reptiles are tortoises, caimans, the Cuban crocodile, and a species of boa that can attain a length of 3.7 m (12 ft). More than700 speci...

• Les Bouts de bois de DieuSEMBÈNE OUSMANEÉditions Presses Pocket, 1960.Les Bouts de bois de Dieu (ou Banty...

  Les Bouts de bois de Dieu SEMBÈNE OUSMANE Éditions Presses Pocket, 1960. Les Bouts de bois de Dieu (ou Banty Mam Yall) raconte le déroulement d'une grève de cheminots du Dakar-Niger (ligne qui reliait Dakar à Bamako). L'action est située, selon les parties, à Dakar, Bamako et Thiès (petite ville du Sénégal). Le titre désigne les«hommes», en faisant allusion à une tradition qui veut que l'on compte des«bouts de bois» à la place des êtres vivants pour ne pas abréger le cours de leur v...

• L'Enfant noir CAMAR A LAYE Éditions Pion, 1953, Presses Pocket, 1976. Ce récit est très largement autobiographique. L'auteur y raconte...

  L'Enfant noir CAMAR A LAYE Éditions Pion, 1953, Presses Pocket, 1976. Ce récit est très largement autobiographique. L'auteur y raconte avec une grande sensibilité ses années d'enfance et de jeunesse. Laye, petit enfant, joue près de la case de son père, à Kouroussa, petite ville de Haute-Guinée. Sa mère, qui ne cessera de lui porter une grande affection, le réprimande rudement lorsqu'elle le surprend jouant avec un serpent. Elle lui apprend qu'il faut tuer les serpents, à l'exception d'un seul...

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• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - anthology.

  “Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?” said the March Hare. “Exactly so,” said Alice. “Then you should say what you mean,” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least—at least I mean what I say—that's the same thing, you know.” “Not the same thing a bit!” said the Hatter. “Why, you might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as “I eat what I see’!” “You might just as well say,” added the March Hare, “that ‘I l...

• Micromegas fiche de lecture

  SQ n°2 de 1 ère STG L’esprit des Lumières : étude de Micromé gas de Voltaire. Objets d’étude : Mvt littéraire et culturel (Lumières). L’argumentation par l’apologue (récit à visée argumentative). Problématique : Comment le conte philosophique permet -il de délivrer une leçon de sagesse ? Thèmes : Le regard étranger et la relativité permettant la satire sociale. Le conte et le dialogue philosophiques. L’ironie voltairienne. Lecture cursive : Voltaire, L’Ingénu (dans...

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  could check iton this, too." Itold himIcould setupane-mail account forhim ifhe wanted. Hesaid, "Yeah?" Itook his device, whichIwasn't familiar with,butfigured outpretty quickly, andseteverything up.Isaid, "What doyou want fora user name?" Isuggested "Allen,"or"AllenBlack," oranickname. "Or'Engineer.' Thatcould becool." Heput hisfinger on his mustache andthought aboutit.Iasked ifhe had anykids. Hesaid, "Ason. Soon he'sgoing tobe taller thanme.Taller and smarter. He'llbeagreat doctor. Abrain surge...

• From The Sound and the Fury - anthology.

  'You'd better slip on your pants and run,' he said. He went out. I got up and moved about, listening to him through the wall. He entered the sitting-room, toward the door. 'Aren't you ready yet?' 'Not yet. Run along. I'll make it.' He went out. The door closed. His feet went down the corridor. Then I could hear the watch again. I quit moving around and went to the window and drew thecurtains aside and watched them running for chapel, the same ones fighting the same heaving coat-s...

• Amphibian (animal) - biology.

  strong enough to kill potential predators. C Hearing, Vision, and Vocalizations Amphibians rely on their senses to find food and evade predators. Amphibians lack external ears but have well-developed internal ears. Hearing is most acute in frogs,which typically have a middle ear cavity for transferring sound vibrations from the eardrum, or tympanum, to the inner ear. Frogs and toads also use their keen hearingin communicating with one another. Using a true voice box, or larynx, and a large, exp...

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