Children’s music

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Children’s music provides an important and entertaining means of teaching children about their culture, other cultures, good behavior, facts and skills. Many are folk songs, but there is a whole genre of educational music that has become increasingly popular. Recordings … Read More

Concerns about translation

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Assessment of the amount of translated texts There are no comprehensive statistics, mainly because of a large number of translations made in the gray literature or disseminated via the Internet without going through the traditional networks. Worldwide, the most translated … Read More

Sucker bet

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A sucker bet is a bet based on something other than expected return including: parlays: One bet ticket written with at least two wagers (all must win for the ticket to cash). teaser: A sucker wager that allows bettors to … Read More

Working with web pages

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Choosing your favorite web pages To have direct access to web pages that are of particular importance, without having to navigate through the pages of their websites, it is advisable to use the option “Bookmarks” in your browser. Thus, when … Read More

100 Greatest Movie Performances of All Time

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The American film magazine Premiere, created a list of The 100 Greatest Movie Performances of All Time made up of some of the most memorable performances from films. 1.  Peter O’Toole Lawrence of Arabia T.E. Lawrence 1962 2.  Marlon Brando … Read More

Dead money

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Dead money in poker is the money in the pot other than the equal amounts bet by active remaining players in that pot. Examples of dead money include money contributed to the pot by players who have folded, a dead … Read More

Reminder

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Reminder (Scrisoarea de) rapel 1. According to previous correspondence, we had agreed that… 2. We remind you that we have not had a reply yet to our our question/proposal… 3. We take the liberty of reminding you/We are sorry to … Read More

Advertising

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Generally speaking, advertising is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually by an identified sponsor. Marketers see advertising as part of an overall promotional strategy. Other components of the promotional mix include publicity, public relations, personal selling and … Read More

The closing paragraph / Paragraful de încheiere

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The closing paragraph Paragraful de încheiere The closing paragraph is again usually a single sen­tence which reestablishes the atmosphere of courtesy whatever has been the nature of the body of the let­ter. It is frequently used to signal the action … Read More

Dice terms and probability

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While the terms ace, deuce, trey, cater, cinque and sice are hardly common today having been replaced with the ordinary names of the numbers one to six, they are still used by some professional gamblers to describe the different sides … Read More

Drupal

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Original author: Dries Buytaert Initial release: January 2001 Stable release: 7.22 / 3 April 2013 Development status: Active Written in: PHP Operating system: Cross-platform Size: 11.4 MB (uncompressed core) Available in: Multilingual Type: Content management framework, Content management system, Community … Read More

e-Commerce

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e-Commerce (electronic commerce or online shopping) means the sale of goods, services and information within computer networks, including the Internet. e-Commerce is not limited only to Internet. In the context of inter-company trade, there are networks that are used long … Read More

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