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Buy the farm
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This euphemism for being killed originated during world war i when the united states navy issued life insurance policies to enlisted seamen. at a time when the vast majority had rural origins, they saw the face value of these policies as enough to pay off the mortgage on their families’ acreage. buys-ballot’s law: rule-of-thumb which allows mariners to estimate the location and direction of a storm center. dutch meteorologist c.h.d. buys-ballot (1817–90) showed that this will lie about 90° to the right of an observer facing the wind in the northern hemisphere, or to the left in the southern. periodic observations will then indicate its relative movement, and on which side of its track the observer is located.
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Hemisphere, английский
- One of names of air space under the circus cupola; a space in which aerial acts are performed.
- Half of a sphere
- N анат. полушарие (го- ловного мозга и мозжечка ) asymmetry cerebral ~ полушарие головного мозга left ~ левое полушарие (ант. right ~) right ~ правое полушарие (ант. left ~)
- Half the surface of a globe. the celestial equator divides the heavens into two hemispheres—the northern and the southern.
- Полусфера
Observations, английский
Замечания эксперта (по существу заявки)
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Buza, английский
A viking cargo ship, similar to a knorr but with higher gunwhales.
Buy boat, английский
A large vessel, at least 50 feet (15m) long, that cruised up and down chesapeake bay, buying the daily catch from oyster dredgers and taking it to market for resale, thus enabling the working boats to stay out longer. these vessels are still in service to carry and plant seed oysters on behalf of the state.
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