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than most of her female contemporaries could. It gave her increased access to venues (meeting places) from which women were often barred -- even women of her social standing. Also scandalous was Sand's smoking tobacco in public. These and other behaviors were exceptional for a woman of the early and mid-19th century, when social codes were of the utmost importance. As a consequence of many untraditional aspects of her lifestyle, Sand was obliged (kohustatud) to relinquish (loovutama) some of the privileges appertaining (juurde kuuludes) to a baroness. Poet Charles Baudelaire was a contemporary critic of George Sand: "She is stupid, heavy and garrulous (lobisev). Her ideas on morals have the same depth of judgment and delicacy of feeling as those of janitresses and kept women.... The fact that there are men who could become enamoured of this slut is indeed a proof of the abasement of the men of this generation." Relationships
(B) bothersome (C) detected (D) intolerable 4. Building construction is an ancient human activity. (A) an old (B) a vital (C) an ongoing (D) a contemporary 5. Manitoba's leaders anticipated the changing economic environment during the early part of the twentieth century. (A) welcomed (B) predicted (C) made use of (D) conformed to LESSON 4 ambiguous apparent arbitrary assert astounding astute authorize deceptively determined elicit forbid petition relinquish resilient tempt ambiguous adj. of unclear meaning, something that can be understood in more than one way adv. ambiguously Syn. vague n. ambiguity The men received an ambiguous message from their boss. His letter was full of ambiguities. apparent adj. to be clear in meaning or open to view, easily understood adv. apparently Syn. visible
The Europeans spread epidemic diseases such as chickenpox, smallpox, influenza and measles. The British settlement then appropriated land and water resources from the Australian Aborigine, and were ignorant in their assumption that the semi-nomadic Aborigines could be driven off and made to live somewhere else. In fact, the loss of 'traditional lands,' food sources and water resources was a fatal blow to the Aboriginal communities, who already weakened by disease, were then forced to relinquish their deep spiritual and cultural connection to their land. As a direct consequence of the 'invasion,' the enforced move away from traditional areas adversely impacted upon Aboriginal cultural and the spiritual practices which had been necessary for maintaining the cohesion and well-being of the tribal group. Settlers also brought venereal disease (which reduced indigenous fertility and birthrates) and introduced alcohol to the indigenous Aborigine and to which the Aborigine
o Cold water, greenhouse, skyrocket, trash talk, Exocentric compounds are the kind whose distribution is not the same as that of any of its constituents. They don’t have the same syntactic function as any of their constituents. o Redcap, paleface, bittersweet (noun) 31. Meaning change Meaning change or semantic shift is a process of a word’s meaning taking place over time. There is a general tendency for words to develop new meanings and to relinquish other meanings over time. Much of this change occurs not in isolation but in relation to other words whose meanings are changing in other ways. Meat once meant ‘food in general’ while flesh had a wider coverage than at present, taking in both living flesh and dead flesh as food. Individually considered, each word has contracted its field of reference, but taking them together it becomes clear that a certain reclassification has taken place. Collide, once used
In 1961, São João Baptista de Ajudá's annexation by the Republic of Dahomey was the start of a process that led to the final dissolution of the centuries-old Portuguese Empire.According to the census of 1921 São João Baptista de Ajudá had 5 inhabitants and, at the moment of the ultimatum by the Dahomey Government, it had only 2 inhabitants representing Portuguese Sovereignty. Another forcible retreat from overseas territories occurred in December 1961 when Portugal refused to relinquish the territories of Goa, Daman and Diu. As a result, the Portuguese army and navy were involved in armed conflict in its colony of Portuguese India against the Indian Armed Forces. The operations resulted in the defeat of the limited Portuguese defensive garrison, which was forced to surrender to a much larger military force. The outcome was the loss of the remaining Portuguese territories in the Indian subcontinent. The Portuguese regime refused to recognize
The MAX151 is designed to interface to most microprocessors. Actually interfacing to a specific processor requires analysis of the MAX151 timing and how it relates to the microprocessor timing. Data Access Time The MAX151 specifies a maximum access time of 180 ns over the full tem- perature range (see Figure 2.12). This means that the result of a conversion 32 Analog Interfacing to Embedded Microprocessors Figure 2.12 MAX151 data access and bus relinquish timing. will be available on the bus no more than 180 ns after the falling edge of -RD (assuming -CS is already low when -RD goes low). The processor will need the data to be stable some time before the rising edge of -RD. If there is a data bus buffer between the MAX151 and the processor, the propagation delay through the buffer must be included. This means that the processor bus Digital-to-Analog Converters 33
state of Presence. However, due to the unprecedented influx of consciousness we are witnessing on the planet now, many people no longer need to go through the depth of acute suffering to be able to disidentify from the pain-body. Whenever they notice they have slipped back into a dysfunctional state, they are able to choose to step out of identification with thinking and emotion and enter the state of Presence. They relinquish resistance, become still and alert, one with what is, within and without. The next step in human evolution is not inevitable, but for the first time in the history of our planet, it can be a conscious choice. Who is making that choice? You are. And who are you? Consciousness that has become conscious of itself. BREAKING FREE OF THE PAIN-BODY A question people frequently ask is, “How long does it take to become free of the pain-body
choice, had fortune permitted it. The sudden acquisition of ten thousand pounds was the most remarkable charm of the young lady to whom he was now rendering himself agreeable; but Elizabeth, less clear-sighted perhaps in this case than in Charlotte's, did not quarrel with him for his wish of independence. Nothing, on the contrary, could be more natural; and while able to suppose that it cost him a few struggles to relinquish her, she was ready to allow it a wise and desirable measure for both, and could very sincerely wish him happy. All this was acknowledged to Mrs. Gardiner; and after relating the circumstances, she thus went on: "I am now convinced, my dear aunt, that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion, I should at present detest his very name, and wish him all manner of evil. But my feelings are not only cordial towards him;
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