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Dead as the dodo
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Refers to the dodo bird, which was driven to extinction by the predation of seamen. dead-end: to secure the end of a rope, usually on a cleat.
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Extinction, французский
Dans le conditionnement classique, il s'agit de la diminution de l'intensité de la réponse lorsqu'on cesse d'associer le stimulus conditionnel au stimulus inconditionnel
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Dead horse, английский
It was customary for merchant seaman to be given a cash advance against their first month’s wages, in order to buy clothing and necessaries for the voyage. “working the dead horse” was their slang for the subsequent period of laboring against pay which had already been drawn and spent. when they began to earn money again, they celebrated the end of their unpaid month by “flogging the dead horse.” this involved hoisting a straw-filled canvas horse into the rigging and belaboring it to pieces, all the while singing the “dead horse chantey,” of which there are numerous versions, one of them being: the horse is gone and will come no more. goodbye old horse! they say so and they hope for. goodbye old man! they’ll hoist him to the fore yardarm. goodbye old horse! there he won’t do sailors no more harm. goodbye old man!
Dcpo, английский
Damage control petty officer.
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