requin


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requin

(ˈrɛkwɪn)
n
another name for requiem shark
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Now, in allusion to the white, silent stillness of death in this shark, and the mild deadliness of his habits, the French call him Requin. I remember the first albatross I ever saw.
Thanks to powerful influence, he had just been appointed a member of the official expedition on board the Requin, which was to be sent to the Arctic Circle in search of the survivors of the D'Artoi's expedition, of whom nothing had been heard for three years.
From a newspaper article of 1829, Naomie discovers another ancestor, James Langdon, was an overseer on the Requin estate - during slavery.
Un avenir que deja Collodi avait prefere laisser ouvert en passant sous silence le nom du pays que Pinocchio et son pere rejoignent, vers la fin de leurs tribulations, sur le dos d'un thon apres etre demeures dans le ventre du requin. Nonobstant la presence du chat et du renard (que Pinocchio abandonne a leur destin), du grillon-qui-parle, de Lucignolo mourant et de la jolie fillette/chevre/Fee aux cheveux (toison) bleu nuit, Pinocchio et Geppetto ne sont probablement pas retournes a leur pays/village/maison d'origine : deposes sur le rivage par le thon, ils ne se dirigent pas vers leur premiere habitation mais se mettent a chercher un nouveau logement.
Abcine Nuevos Proyectos, Grupo Colombia, JB Publicidad, Tomas Zapata Producciones, Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematograficos (ICAIC), Les Films du Requin (Francia).
Requin (Eds.) Tutorials in motor behavior Amsterdam: North Hollanad 1980; 331-54.
Requin, "Brain waves associated with musical incongruities differ for musicians and non-musicians," Neuroscience Letters, vol.
At Requin in St David, an agricultural cooperative was established which employed three women, one of whom became its president and a foundation member.
NAOMI MATTHEW: 12.40 Electrolyser (nap), 1.10 Home Run, 1.45 Master Flight, 2.20 Doyly Carte (nb), 2.55 Requin, 3.30 Waterunder, 4.00 Bernard.