bold+undertaking
11Edward Davis — Né d ancêtres flamands, Edward Davis a écrit un livre autobiographique signé « Nathaniel Davis » au début du XVIIIe siècle. C était l un des capitaines anglais des pirates du Panama, faisant partie des « aventuriers du… …
12Santa Cruz de Cana — est une ville fantôme située en pleine jungle, au sud du Panama, à la frontière de la Colombie, qui a connu son apogée avec le développement de la mine d or d Espiritu Santu, à l époque coloniale espagnole et qui a été recyclée en parc d… …
13adventure — I. n. 1. Chance, hazard, fortuity, contingency, risk, venture, stake, experiment, trial. 2. Hazardous enterprise, bold undertaking. 3. Event, incident, occurrence, transaction, passage, crisis, contingency. 4. (Com.) Speculation. II. v. a. Hazard …
14adventure — A hazardous and striking enterprise. A bold undertaking accompanied by possible hazards, risks and unforeseen events. A common word in marine insurance policies, used as synonymous, or nearly so, with perils. A shipment of goods in charge of an… …
15adventure — A hazardous and striking enterprise. A bold undertaking accompanied by possible hazards, risks and unforeseen events. A common word in marine insurance policies, used as synonymous, or nearly so, with perils. A shipment of goods in charge of an… …
16BARUCH BEN SAMUEL — (d. 1834), adventurer and physician. Baruch was born in Pinsk and emigrated to Safed in 1819. The reports of a messenger who traveled from Safed to Yemen and back in 1825 gave rise to wondrous tales about a Jew from the tribe of Dan whom he… …
17china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
18China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
19performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
20literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
