take+as+an+example
91long take — (or lengthy take) a shot of lengthy duration; see also mise en scene Example: Hitchcock s Rope (1948), composed of a series of continuous, 8 minute takes; or the opening of Robert Altman s The Player (1992) …
92make an example of — Synonyms and related words: bring to account, bring to book, call to account, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, deal with, discipline, inflict upon, masthead, penalize, pillory, punish, settle with, square accounts, take to task, visit upon …
93arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
94Latin America, history of — Introduction history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… …
95German Resistance — The German Resistance refers to those individuals and groups in Nazi Germany who opposed the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. Some of these engaged in active plans to remove Hitler from power and overthrow his regime. Their plans… …
96German resistance — Not to be confused with Werwolf. Memorial plaque to resistance members and wreath at the Bendlerblock, Berlin The German resistance (Widerstand) was the opposition by individuals and groups in Germany to Adolf Hitler or the National Socialist… …
97linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
98mechanics — /meuh kan iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion, comprised of kinetics, statics, and kinematics. 2. (used with a sing. v.) the theoretical and practical application …
99acid–base reaction — ▪ chemistry Introduction a type of chemical process typified by the exchange of one or more hydrogen ions, H+, between species that may be neutral (molecules, such as water, H2O; or acetic acid, CH3CO2H) or electrically charged (ions, such… …
100Cassino (card game) — Cassino (also known as Casino) is a card game, nominally for two, three or four (usually two) players, played with a standard deck of playing cards. The object is to score 21 points by taking cards.It is similar to and probably descended from the …
