| 单词 | terms |
| 例句 | It’s true that in terms of pure intellect, teenagers are just as smart as adults, just as able to reason, and just as knowledgeable about the consequences of risky behavior. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He looked around as if just coming to terms with where they were. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Miss Petrocelli, representing the State, has presented this case in very broad and grandiose terms. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the thing about Clancy—the thing I was quickly coming to terms with. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If I eat out at the buffet I can watch the large Mexican families or the even larger, in total body mass terms, families of Minnesota Anglos. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We spend a couple of hours quizzing each other on military terms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She had the run of the ship, from the engine room to the bridge, and she was soon on first-name terms with all the crew. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Southern colonies did not hesitate to invent ways to extend the terms of servitude, and the planter class accumulated uncultivated lands to restrict the options of free workers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Inside the courtroom, reporters discussed the best terms to use when describing Sasha. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Yet I had to fight him as I could, in terms he understood, even though we sounded like characters in a razor-slinging vaudeville skit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For every ken and wis and aye I had dropped from my vocabulary, I had picked up a dozen new and useful terms. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a kind of absolute truth in that, something he needed to come to terms with. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I knew I could not match him and Danny in the breadth of their knowledge, but I wondered if I might not be able to keep up with them in terms of depth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z We girls didn’t really know football terms—American or any other kind—but we understood our teacher. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “And it never occurred to you that this stalker Bellstone might be worth mentioning to the police in terms of investigating Immie’s disappearance?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In fact, one may describe the whole universe in terms of a collection of overlapping patches. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “And are they upon such terms as for her to disclose the real truth? Oh, that I knew how it was!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I get off my bike and either refuse to make further use of their company or act as if I’m insulted and tell them in no uncertain terms to go on home without me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I guess that in terms of grades I was just as consistent as Lynn was, which, when you thought about it, was surely something to be proud of Lynn got straight A’s. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He met the reverend on equal terms, disagreeing with him where others simply assented. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle thus does not think of the natural movement of the elements as movement through space; he sees it in teleological terms as the realization of potential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If War Admiral lost, Riddle could always say that Howard had dictated the terms of the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There are some common terms used in discussions of melody that you may find it useful to know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He wasn’t, like Feral, almost all the way over the line into adulthood, but all the way over it: a man in no uncertain terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The government of Nepal recognized that the throngs flocking to Everest created serious problems in terms of safety, aesthetics, and impact to the environment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In their terms, I was speaking for Western education, which was against Islam, in their opinion. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was offering me the same terms of surrender he had offered my sister. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Galen defines hot or cold in the patient in simple terms: a hot patient is one who is hotter than the physician’s hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z My father had clearly, in no uncertain terms, told me to stop building rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In a round, everyone contributes equally in terms of melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Later, when I began to see how blacks were used in the workplace, which colleges accepted blacks and which did not, I began to think about race in purely negative terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She drank the beer as I read, and when I had finished she explained it in every-day terms. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was on close terms with her washing machine and ironing board. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He turns his head to look at me and I can see him trying to come to terms with just how sick I am. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z If she’d made it north she would have disappeared into a life outside their terms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Lawrence had spent a difficult year cadging money from philanthropists and foundations for a proton accelerator, the purpose of which had to be explained to them in the abstract terms of basic science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z To great effect, Reagan echoed white frustration in race-neutral terms through implicit racial appeals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As information goes, such terms are specific and straightforward—and therefore pretty useful. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He had never thought of them in terms of a language used by God to indicate what he should do. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “This little fella, he starts to burning when the shell goes up. When he’s all used up, kapow! You got yourself a mighty fine pyrotectic display. That’s fireworks in layman’s terms.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z None of this will stop me from telling much of my version of the history of science in terms of the people involved, including Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Both parties heartily endorsed it, and to acknowledge that low-wage work doesn’t lift people out of poverty would be to admit that it may have been, in human terms, a catastrophic mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only referred to his race in two ways—as African American and black—terms that had become popular after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We should meet the people on their own terms, even if that meant appearing to collaborate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of a spreading epidemic, Farmer and Goldfarb knew this was a nightmare. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Obviously writers cannot avoid abbreviations and technical terms altogether. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He now understood the issue of displacement in terms of volume, and it was an easy step then to grasp it in terms of weight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had needed something that would explain Freud’s technical terminology, that would clarify the various shades of meaning the German words had—and he had found this dictionary of psychological terms. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Gradual changes in the basic tempo are also common in music, though, and these have their own set of terms. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She sensed when a guest needed more tea before the guest did, expressed herself by filling his cup, thought in terms of matching, balancing, connecting, completing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother agreed to lend me the money, but Dad attached terms: I would have to work for him next summer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, Butler. Cover. I thought speaking in primal terms would be the quickest route to your cognitive functions. Obviously I was mistaken.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This tends to change the rules for using and developing melodies, so the terms used to talk about contrapuntal melodies are different, too. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Instead, too many textbooks still list names and terms, with few if any illustrations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were right, he observed, “such phenomena as heredity and memory and intelligence, and our ideas of morality and religion ... are explainable in terms of positive and negative electrons and ether.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Identify which terms work best for music instruction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And worst of all, I knew they were forcing me to accept things on their own terms, and I was unable to leave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me, Jason, Piper. I’m not psyched about seeing Mr. D again. That guy is a pain. But, Jason, if you’re on better terms with him—” “Yeah,” Jason said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But tomorrow is no better in terms of weather. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I wonder if old people ever look back on their lives and see it in terms of seasons. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He had written, in chilling terms in 1929, about the probable coming of a master race, “a race physically strong, mentally alert and morally sound; a race not to be imposed upon.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Negotiating the terms of the job, though, I’d had what maybe should have been an obvious revelation about nonprofit work: It doesn’t pay. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But is it possible, in terms of practical engineering, to travel close to the speed of light? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were among the wealthiest people in Europe, in terms of food. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It has radical and, in modern terms, libertarian implications, because it regards any accommodation of personal freedom to governmental discipline as dangerous. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But I was definitely, in no uncertain terms, reminded of my groundling status. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Even more astounding is our statistical improbability in physical terms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After ordering me in no uncertain terms to apologize to Aunt Loma, he put his arm around my shoulders. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If war were inevitable, we wanted the fight to be conducted on terms most favorable to our people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "I saw Sansa at the court, the day Tyrion told me his terms. She looked most beautiful, my lady. Perhaps a, a bit wan. Drawn, as it were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In terms of mutual interests, I figured we could spend the rest of our lives discussing how much we hated the aforementioned characteristics. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “But can you think that Lydia is so lost to everything but love of him as to consent to live with him on any terms other than marriage?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Even our mother, who is not on the best of terms with Jesus just now, still draws the line at marching into His house toting ammunition. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am glad to recommend him in highest terms as a man of great intellectual caliber and of fine character and personality. There can be no question as to his integrity.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Identify the intervals below in terms of half steps and whole steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It trains the eye to think in terms of geometrical shapes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Rather than dwell on death, Lincoln prefers to live life on his own terms. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But in practical terms, concerted cultivation has enormous advantages. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “We are the king’s advisers, or, in more formal terms, his cabinet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z By continuing, you agree to our terms and accept our privacy policy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It’s always easier to die gently, to wake in due time in the place you were buried, to come to terms with your death and to get acquainted with the other inhabitants. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In terms of the size of assets, the bank’s failure was second largest in U.S. history. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of texture, does the first example consist of four separate lines or voices, or should they be performed all together? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s going to explain a theory using simple, clear terms. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Being Afro-American, or black, was being imposed on me by people who had their own ideas of what those terms meant. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The only advice Bill gave me was to think about the main character in terms of the other main characters in the books I’ve read thus far. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The branches of the old trees, which had been familiar to me either half-denuded or completely gaunt during the winter terms at Devon, now seemed about to break from their storms of leaves. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Musicians have terms that they use to describe tones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I nod with fervor because pared down to those terms, I understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Marcy does make it clear that her relationship with her former husband is on his terms. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “We had too many kids who were just nowhere in terms of reading,” he said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z William handled the terms of the transfer, and legally the gift was in his name only. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But once you began admitting explanations in terms of purpose—well, you didn’t know what the result might be. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The interesting thing to my mind was the fact that Colonel Arbuthnot called her Mary and was clearly on terms of intimacy with her. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z In the United States our foresters seem to have thought of biological control chiefly in terms of introducing insect parasites and predators. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He felt things were often connected in ways that no one could yet explain in scientific terms. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z After coming to terms with who I am, I had so many questions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z For four days in February 1962, Donovan shuttled between West Berlin and East Berlin, carrying messages between the two sides and carefully negotiating the terms of release. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Père Lafontant despised the concept because he knew what it meant in practical terms: the simplest technology was for the poor, while the rich had the resources to afford the best technology. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Clearly Dub was mad about their relationship...was that why Siobhan and her father weren’t on speaking terms? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He liked being back on speaking terms with Ron too much to speak his mind right now — but he somehow thought that Hermione had gotten the point much better than Ron had. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He sought to live on his own terms. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Peace is sweet, my lady ... but on what terms? It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z These were words I had never thought about in English terms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z In professional terms, the brothers’ relationship was symbiotic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then I'll know how fast the storm is moving, at least in terms of percent power loss. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Paragraphs glitter with a constellation of terms like creativity and originality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I win the first game, I let him win the second: I still haven’t discovered what the terms are, what I will be able to ask for, in exchange. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z There are jocular terms for it: up the spout, Sun in the oven. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “My father is a man of honor. If I put my seal to an agreement, he will fulfill its terms. You have my word on that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And my conclusion is,” he said, “since I had been in very good terms with Anne, that most parents don’t know really their children.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Con spent many hours with the Fairy Queen, discussing the terms of a new treaty between their lands, for they both agreed that the time of isolation should end. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The idea of a peaceful, democratic revolution with complete freedom of expression was a contradiction in terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your conscience is interfering with your memory. Remember the terms of our deal, Helvar.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The soldier is on friendlier terms than other men with his stomach and intestines. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The only specific people left on my list were Kerns and Dave, and both continued to be nowhere in terms of motive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Three of the five terms correlated with a higher sale price are physical descriptions of the house itself: granite, Corian, and maple. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There was a strong possibility that if Howard secured the match race on these terms, his horse would be too compromised to win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They were very small classes, and besides, no classroom could have approached it in terms of comfort, or privacy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He also described the flight of birds and the swimming motion of fish in mathematical terms. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Already his two colonels were barely on speaking terms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In simplest terms, the sound waves of consonant notes "fit" together much better than the sound waves of dissonant notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In Capitol terms, I’m guessing this counts as a true tragedy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Because equal temperament is now so widely accepted as standard tuning, musicians do not usually even speak of intervals in terms of ratios. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Dr. Strayer and Dr. Gazzaley hit it off, even though they seem cut from entirely different cloth, both figuratively, with respect to personality, and literally, in terms of their sartorial choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Nexus-6 android types, Rick reflected, surpassed several classes of human specials in terms of intelligence. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Aloysius Stevens worked nights to satisfy the terms of his fellowship. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Modern mathematicians know that the terms have a limit; the numbers 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and so forth are approaching zero as their limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a gesture which, if anyone had still thought in such terms, might have recalled an eighteenth-century nobleman offering his snuffbox. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had served four terms; that he should serve a fifth in the year of the fair seemed fitting, and a wave of nostalgia swept the city’s wards. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Winnie had been invited to open the annual conference of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, and at my instigation she repudiated these rumors in no uncertain terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, the Treasury could only arrange better terms for her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Even so, even taken on their own terms, his statements were, surely, far too idealistic, far too theoretical, to deserve respect. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Edward Lee Howard, in CIA terms, had gone "black." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He knew almost nothing of medical terms or what happened to people with severe shock, and knew less than nothing about comas. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z We must think of art not in terms of everyday prose but of poetry, which is free to rearrange conventional vocabulary and syntax in order to convey new, often multiple, meanings and moods. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said I, casting my eyes over the note, which was exactly in those terms. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “There is one more question I must ask you, M. MacQueen: were you on good terms with your employer?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But I found Izzy's mom to be a contradiction in terms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He accepted the silent conversation, agreeing to their unspoken terms. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, in practical terms, it was impossible not to turn away from an inmate occasionally—as Rufino’s shiner demonstrated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I remonstrated with them but was told in no uncertain terms that the matter was the women’s affair and that the ANC — as well as anxious husbands — should not meddle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood pushed all the way to my extremities—the heart is a powerful muscle, the strongest muscle in the body in terms of longevity. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z All polynomials of degree n—those that have a leading term of xn—split into n distinct terms. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Instead, the Greeks just saw the terms as simply getting smaller and smaller, meandering outside the realm of numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We defined the issues in terms of developing legal doctrine and establishing legal precedent; our clients became important, but secondary, players in a formal arena that required lawyers to translate lay claims into technical speech. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Onstage that night, John Edwards took a shot at Clinton, speaking in veiled terms about sincerity and trustworthiness being important. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Many judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers do a poor job of recognizing the special needs of the mentally disabled, which leads to wrongful convictions, lengthier prison terms, and high rates of recidivism. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z However, when Oresme tried to sum the terms in the sequence, he realized that the sums got larger and larger and larger. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What happened in the unseen labyrinth to which the pneumatic tubes led, he did not know in detail, but he did know in general terms. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z In financial terms, it was pretty starkly going to be a clash of old money versus no money at all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “He could appoint the Bishop of Rochester to administer the terms of peace....” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Then said the Great Gamelegs at last: “No more; you offer terms I cannot well refuse.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “So are you actually on good terms with the Queen of Adarlan? You didn’t really...make an effort to start off that way.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After the first shock, after you’d come to terms, it was better to be lethargic. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Most schools promised terms appropriate for any new assistant professor of English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z To people accustomed to thinking of maize in terms of dark or light yellow kernels of corn on the cob, the variety in Mexican maize is startling. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He merely borrowed its main outlines while translating the figures into modern terms. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z But if I were to take it, I’d also need to operate from a position of strength, on terms that worked for my family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The narration is one of the prime areas of a speech in which you are able to spin, and framing the terms of the debate is half the battle won. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z In terms of my family, my ma’s one of those tough women you couldn’t kill with an ax. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Still, the scores can help or hurt an individual tribute in terms of sponsorship. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Desperate to stop such an alliance, Wentworth begged Franklin to talk to British officials and end the war—on British terms. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z How can one, however, dream of power in any other terms than in the symbols of power? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She was effectually prevented, but she wasn't on speaking terms with her family for several weeks. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z By the time Uncle Kufa returned several hours later, the madness had lifted and everyone was on speaking terms again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No doubt, it was hard to come to public terms with my mother’s past employment at Joe’s strip club, but confronting it made me feel a certain degree of freedom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The emissary brought a highly confidential order from Colonel Aureliano Buendía, who was not in agreement with the terms of the armistice. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He read and reread the works of Stephen Potter—the English writer who coined the terms one-upmanship and gamesmanship—not as social satire but as a manual of practical stratagems. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would we receive in return, under those terms?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But they don’t have to come to terms with it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Even though the individual terms go to zero, the sum goes off to infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z To him the terms of his parents’ marriage are something at once unthinkable and unremarkable; nearly all their friends and relatives had been married in the same way. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "Over the past few weeks, a dust storm has been developing in Arabia Terra. Not a big deal in terms of magnitude. It won't hinder his driving at all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was a little noncommittal, in terms of good or bad luck, but it’ll have to do.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Only if we could picture the universe in terms of imaginary time would there be no singularities. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t do much boasting about himself—but by interpellating the crowd in particular terms, Antony is casting himself as one of their number.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The teachers in his new year were even worse because they only knew him in terms of his mum and not who he was before. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z They had said this to her as if outlining the terms of a job offer, laying out the benefits package in the most attractive way. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Exceedingly rare. But in terms of research, its importance can’t be overstated. For the reasons I outlined in my office.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “And since you are all out of leverage, I see no way for you to give me a reason, unless you would like to change the terms of our agreement.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "I think that's it, in terms of bang for your buck." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z He was forever dropping slangy terms into his sentences like dumplings in a pot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The writer went on to describe, in precise terms that only a spy would understand, procedures for a dead drop in Moscow. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps “enduring” and “continuous” are better terms for it, although at first glance all Egyptian art between 3000 and 500 B.C. does tend to have a certain sameness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z With little available to me in terms of post-trauma counseling and therapy, I had traveled this painful journey hand in hand with God alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In technical terms, the albedo of the moon is .07, which means that it bounces back only 7 percent of the light striking it, absorbing the other 93 percent. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I said that there was no organization in the history of South Africa to compare with the ANC in terms of trying to unite all the people and races of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When her daughter told her about the car crash, Terryl didn’t think about it in professional terms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z This is one reason why most musicians prefer to talk in terms of cents and intervals instead of frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In many ways, Daliwonga still regarded me as his junior, both in terms of my rank in the Thembu hierarchy and in my own political development. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter he had received had been rather vague in its terms, but there was nothing vague about the accompanying cheque. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z One is that it should incorporate Feynman’s proposal to formulate quantum theory in terms of a sum over histories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, Miche,” he said, speaking as he often did, in basketball terms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "If the queen has any sense, she'll accept my terms. If not, I'll make her rue the day she refused me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tyrion would reply with terms of his own, giving the King in the North just enough of what he wanted to keep him hopeful. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To me, my losing was only another manifestation of that queer, material way of American living that computed everything in terms of the concrete: weight, color, race, fur coats, radios, electric refrigerators, cars, money ... Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After we place our orders, I say, “So, have y’all thought in terms of the talent show?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Since when did Ritu auntie think in terms of benefiting a woman’s career? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The penalties for violating security regulations covering information judged to be sensitive had a distinctly militaristic cast, with fines of up to $300,000 and jail terms as long as thirty years for “willful” disclosures. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It is much easier to define people just in terms of their family personality. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Jack and the others talked in terms of "we," but it was a different, bigger "we." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am trying to do my best” Elaine said: “Under any terms, you are my good and gracious lord.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Boyle was a deeply religious man who gave money to pious causes and by the terms of his will founded the Boyle Lectures for the conversion of unbelievers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Now, keep in mind that I hate hate hate using stereotypical terms like prep and preppie, but it is unavoidable. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It is hard to reconstruct in our minds a mental universe where Pascal’s explanation seems obviously unsatisfactory and an explanation in terms of nature’s purposes seems obviously preferable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I’m not used to being touched, except by Peeta or my family, and I rank Gamemakers somewhere below maggots in terms of creatures I want in contact with my skin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Luckily her tongue got stuck and her mother replied, “Um—we don’t think—quite in those terms.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z So, we haven't exactly laid out the terms of this blackmail arrangement, but clearly it goes something like this: Martin asks for whatever the hell he wants. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z When the sheriff explained the charge in crude terms, Walter was incredulous and couldn't help but laugh at the notion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Most students attend the University for several terms before being admitted into the Arcanum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As we talk about where music theory comes from, it will be very useful to know both the scientific and the musical terms and how they are related to each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It is tempting to explain the switch in exclusively personal terms: Jefferson returned from France, recalled his old colleague to the colors of the true cause, and together they marched forward into history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mrs. Reilly had been solidly behind Franklin Roosevelt for four terms not because of the New Deal, but because his mother, Mrs. Sara Roosevelt, seemed to have been respected and well treated by her son. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Although people often use the terms “World Wide Web” and “Internet” interchangeably, they are not the same. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Even children speaking to other children used these terms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of the application process, the admissions director and I both felt it within our right to hold the interview off-site at August’s home for reasons that are obvious. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “How can it be same terms? You want I should kill you twice?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z In terms of survival, it's my best moment all night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Farmers would soon be coming in to arrange credit terms and buy seed and guano. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “On this man’s terms can you agree? There is little downside that I can see.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was on friendly terms with Lillian Taylor, with whom she shared a passion for flowers and for The Magic Mountain and Mrs. Dallo- way. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He was a moody, complicated man, possibly suffering from some degree of clinical depression, who found himself in possession of musical talents even he couldn’t quite come to terms with. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It took weeks for me to come to terms with this fact, but as I did, I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Select three of the terms from either list and give an example of how you might use that term to illustrate music concepts in addition to either a math or literacy concept. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The problem’s often phrased in terms of a large number of men who check their hats at a restaurant, whereupon the attendant promptly scrambles the hat- check numbers randomly. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of women have been sentenced to lengthy terms in prison for writing bad checks or for minor property crimes that trigger mandatory minimum sentences. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Had I been thinking only in terms of myself, maybe I would have chosen steady gambling as a hustle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z At the lower end of town were residents of the Southside, virtually all of them minority, demanding desegregation on their own terms. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom had set the terms for my forgiveness and they were pretty easy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Both parties later swore to terms of peace set by their arbiter, Athena, daughter of Zeus who bears the stormcloud as a shield— though still she kept the form and voice of Mentor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And though in terms of her work Justice is now one of Pikeville’s leading citizens, she is still troubled by the old doubts and insecurities. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And even the story ran that he could gauge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But suddenly we’re asked to stipulate, according to a list of terms, why we think that, and the terms are meaningless to us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Still and all, he got better terms at the store than most, on account of my daddy, and Papa helped out some with cash money. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The school days that followed were noted in my diary in terms of the particular indignities I suffered. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Butler, most of the guests talked in general terms about civic responsibilities or about the dangers of illegal drugs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He’d watched the way she assessed the terms of their deal, probably finding a dozen loopholes to get herself out of it if things went wrong. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z "The terms of my servitude are fulfilled, and now you and I are done with each other." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “And you did discuss terms? It isn't all commission?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Well, he told us, and we’re not even his friends. Though the FBI men seem to think he and I are on intimate terms.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It can be objected that I am speaking of political freedom in spiritual terms, but the political institutions of any nation are always menaced and are ultimately controlled by the spiritual state of that nation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Slavery is forbidden in Pentos, by the terms of the treaty the Braavosi imposed on us a hundred years ago. Still, they will not refuse you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was, in truth, more of a Renaissance man than a modern scientist, and still thought in terms of vital forces, an abstract conception of perfection and spirits that kept the body alive. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Then Dr. Noguera closed the window with the pretext that there was too much sun, and explained to him in simple terms that it was a patriotic duty to assassinate Conservatives. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Do you want to have a husband on those terms?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was staggering to contemplate the accrued tales of dysfunction, pain, and violence that had preceded these prison terms—and, frankly, easier not to. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This chapter covers some of this research in terms of music processing, active listening, and benefits of the music-brain connection. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Nor would he allow them to dictate terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Or was she just, after ten years in the city, finally becoming a Detroiter, meaning that she saw everything in terms of black and white? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He walked on in silence for a bit, trying, I guessed, to come to terms with this idea. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He remembered no intervening time, no sore feet—but here he was, addressing in the politest terms an old lady who stood in the doorway of a flat-fronted terraced house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was elated to be on speaking terms with a tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But that year the significance of the new law was brought home to her, in terms of people. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The terms in the infinite series didn’t have a limit or a destination; they seemed to get smaller and smaller without any particular end in sight. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My refusal to play the Games on the Capitol’s terms is to be my last act of rebellion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The complex workings of living beings can be perceived in terms of these layers: physics enabling chemistry, and chemistry enabling physiology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was a male and did not know what that meant other than in terms of anatomy. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She started organizing information into carefully labeled folders: one about cells, another about cancer, another full of definitions of legal terms like statute of limitations and patient confidentiality. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z An uncircumcised Xhosa man is a contradiction in terms, for he is not considered a man at all, but a boy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as she followed him, she struggled to come to terms with what they were doing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They weren’t terms that came up in prison. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “In terms of text messaging, this is the first,” Dr. Strayer answered. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was pretty straightforward, I thought, and the great part is that I took what the author wrote about and put it in terms of my own life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We might do a tad better elsewhere, but we make an effort to keep on good terms with Greasy Sae. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I’m told that he had many terms of endearment for me, but Main Man is the one I remember. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Without exaggeration, UOCI’s Patrick Wallace called her the “leading spokesman for the poor in terms of problems with public and private housing.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn't want to think in grandiose terms like that, but it was impossible not to, because that night, catching my breath and looking up into the cloudless sky, everything did feel larger than life. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “In eighteen twenty-four. Monroe had—will have—two terms.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I think I was positively creative in terms of my mental cruelty.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A millionaire businessman and a prominent Catholic layman, Murray framed his position in stark moral terms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z However, I believe there may not be any single formulation of the fundamental theory any more than, as Godel showed, one could formulate arithmetic in terms of a single set of axioms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poaching and capturing a book are Book Scavenger terms. Doesn’t everyone in San Francisco play?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I can bring your terms to the king, but—” Lord Wyman cut him off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I was looking for a burglar who liked to dress up as a nun and, unfortunately, I caught a real one instead. We've never been on good terms since then.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she wanted to die on her own terms, not some horrible beast’s. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the younger boys with whom she had been on eye-gouging terms only a few years ago made self-conscious conversation with her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When they come, it will be on their own terms, not because I've let them know my whereabouts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When they got married Laura told Shadow that she wanted a puppy, but their landlord had pointed out they weren’t allowed pets under the terms of their lease. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I memorized the Gothic style of the writing the hue of the ink, traced the stamp, and made note of the terms used. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But we’d live them on our own terms—and if we were going to die, by God, we’d take a few wights with us along the way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z In their terms, a genius, a god, was loitering on the periphery of their world and they were straining for her attention. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I said that defining your terms is half the battle won. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z This is equivalent to several million pounds in modern terms, and it is hard to see what he could have spent it on, so the number may be an exaggeration! The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z These were men of high standing and the regent received them courteously, but not obsequiously; he treated them on equal terms, as they did him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if Cordelia has ever eaten snails, decide she is most likely on familiar terms with them; a depressing thought. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Had school officials been sincere about offering Minnijean the opportunity, they would have been clear about the terms for participating. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the advice is unhelpful because it is stated in terms of strings rather than trees. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when the terms go to zero, the sum is finite, a nice, normal number like 2 or 53. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I strongly urged that we should at once pool all our information, work together on equal terms, and share the results, if any, equally between us,” Churchill said of the meeting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They were looking for a way to pass me, and if I had passed the end terms, they moved me on. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In terms of power, though, beauty is like glass, isn’t it? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Either I am to live in this world on my terms or I will die out of it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry for the snark. You and your dad are on much better terms than me and my biological.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But with everything else going on just at that time, I didn’t, as I say, think in these terms at all. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of real emotions, it’s worse than you think, but not by the clock. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It is a movement often labelled Romanticism, although, like the terms ‘Renaissance’, ‘Baroque’ and ‘Classical’, it presents considerable difficulties when applied to music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He was not saved by these efforts, though, but by a curious stipulation in the terms laid down by Henry Lucas for his eponymous chair. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The nature of my relations with her, which placed me on terms of familiarity without placing me on terms of favour, conduced to my distraction. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Now that the barriers were down, the limitation, in my terms, of our converse and understanding seemed intolerable to me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They use terms like “germline mosaicism,” “chromosome rearrangement,” or “delayed mutation” to explain why their science is not an exact science. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Nature” was God’s creation—and to be safely consistent with Christian doctrine, natural historians had to tell the story of nature in terms of Genesis. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As the story of sixteen-year-old West Springfield native Rashad Butler develops, the city seems to be split in terms of which side of the argument they fall on in this case. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z You may even plead with them, by heaven! in gentle terms to quit their horseplay—not that they will heed you, rash as they are, facing their day of wrath. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It is sometimes possible to add infinite terms together to get a finite result—but to do so, the terms being added together must approach zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My parents managed to come to terms with me on the school dance. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Are you struggling to come to terms with your mother’s addiction? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In formal terms, the scientific panel would have the opportunity to give its advice on any subject brought before the interim committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The “action” of a gene is described in mechanistic terms: genes encode chemical messages to build proteins that ultimately enable form and function. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z If there’s to be a bargain, the terms of exchange must be set forth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Are you struggling to come to terms with your father’s murder? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Only the hollow, formal, intellectual definitions of the separate terms. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We tend to think of children’s songs as simple, and in some ways, they are in terms of lyrics, structure, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She said, “I am aware of the meaning of most of the terms used. The others, I suppose, are equally derogatory.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Prepared by the Presidents Advisory Committee on Science in March 1958 as a primer on spaceflight, the brochure laid out the scientific principles of travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in terms a layperson could understand. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But its success is best understood not in terms of its curriculum, its teachers, its resources, or some kind of institutional innovation. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Intellectual familiarity bred a slow, glowering contempt; in a few months, they were barely on speaking terms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In terms of deadly projectiles, it’s right up there with grenades and cannonballs. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And if I really could save Peeta...in terms of a revolution, this would be ideal. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And we'd managed two terms in office without a major scandal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After Bobby’s period of post-Reykjavik idleness had stretched to about a year, he decided that his first priority should be accumulating more money, always on his terms. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "Tell the Queen Regent that if she meets my terms, I will sheath this sword, and make an end to the war between us." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But all, I think, provide us with critical lessons of how we can better understand and come to terms with the extraordinary power of thin-slicing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He had known they were getting sharp, but now he knew in no uncertain terms that he had the makings of something exceptional in his boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They each served prison terms of various lengths. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Michael’s totally into it. We’ll learn all the old 1950s terms, like you did.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She had never been on her own in terms of moving, checking out neighborhoods, buying houses, driving cars. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Gray-faced and fiftyish, she must be the apotheosis of “servant leadership” or, in more secular terms, the vaunted “feminine” style of management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Weightlessness might be good for the body in terms of comfort, but it was thought to be harmful to the heart, muscles, and skeleton. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as Dimple knew, she and the Aberzombies weren’t even on speaking terms. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In terms of ratios, coins behave nicely: the ratio of heads to tails gets closer to 1 as the number of flips grows. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was super smart, but he wanted to live his life on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Still, in broad terms, the safety advocates hoped the successes with seat belts and drunk driving would provide a blueprint for addressing cell phone distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He was on good terms with the British grooms and by great good luck, from the point of view of a spy system, intimate with the Colonel’s horse boy, Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Jon said, “Your Grace, the leader of the free folk has agreed to my terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I suppose I could have reviewed them in terms of how familiar they are to me or to American readers, or the order in which the studies were done, or even alphabetically. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I found it fascinating, a lot more substantial and scientific than Freud had been, and a lot more fruitful in terms of expanding testable knowledge on how human beings thought and learned. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “These terms are perfectly acceptable,” Penelope finally choked out. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I asked to see you to ascertain upon what terms you would receive the surrender of my army.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Aristotle explained natural processes in terms of four causes: formal, final, material and efficient. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was lucky that the owners of the two farms which adjoined Animal Farm were on permanently bad terms. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z ‘Name the terms,’ said Gandalf steadily, but those nearby saw the anguish in his face, and now he seemed an old and wizened man, crushed, defeated at last. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Tradition has it that they fell out over the terms of Tisias’s instruction. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘Salim would never do that. Besides, Rashid and I are not on speaking terms. Salim goes over there every other weekend, and that’s it.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Calista was like, “Are you asking in terms of sex appeal?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereas his concerns focused on his own tribe, I had become involved with those who thought in terms of the entire nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My conception of the world, of life, was wholly in racial terms; and that conception was not mine alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the Zeno sequence and Suiseth’s sequence, all the terms get closer and closer to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was a relief not to see everything in terms of tasteless decline—it easily becomes a habit of age. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Instead, he would strike later, on his own terms. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He writes a letter to the editor of the National Intelligencer newspaper stating, in specific terms, what he is about to do. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z In the first class Teacher Zhang had told us that in order to integrate all aspects of our study with the revolution and to prepare for war, we would learn military and political terms first. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of my participation in things, I am trying to go to social events that they set up in my school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He saw his quest for her in chess terms: “I have been in lost positions before...worse than this, and I won!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At the heart of it was Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, which states that the electron is a particle but a particle that can be described in terms of waves. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The irksome security provisions of May-Johnson were liberalized, with penalties reduced to maximum fines of $20,000 and prison terms of up to five years. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As you learn to master the core material for your career, you might also be ready to find your moorings in terms of your professional self. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Inmates awaiting trial or those serving shorter terms stay in local jails, such as New York City’s giant Rikers Island complex, near La Guardia Airport. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not much happening in terms of jobs so I'm heading north tomorrow. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “She spoke in most affectionate terms of them and seemed as happy as a child.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “To the pain means this: if we duel and you win, death for me. If we duel and I win, life for you. But life on my terms.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z An innocent teenager in the middle of God’s green hell with no telephone, and not on speaking terms with her parents? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Those terms have special meaning to societies in which Christianity is the dominant religion and are commonly used even in places where it is not. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Until Biafra won, the vandals would no longer dictate the terms of her life. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It is natural to describe key events in terms of the work of individuals who made a mark in science—Copernicus, Vesalius, Darwin, Wallace and the rest. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mesoamerica would deserve its place in the human pantheon if its inhabitants had only created maize, in terms of harvest weight the world’s most important crop. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Movement and rhymes build cognitive abilities in terms of sequencing physical and linguistic activity, imitation, and internalization. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z But what could Etty, a small child, do to come to terms with her sisters death and to make herself feel better? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Means you’re living for your own best interests. On your own terms.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I gave thirty-five years' service to Lord Darlington; one would surely not be unjustified in claiming that during those years, one was, in the truest terms, 'attached to a distinguished household'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Father said, “The fighting has stopped, but they haven’t settled the peace terms yet. That’s what John Adams and some of the other men are doing in Paris now, talking over the peace terms.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The terms favored in this course are mostly those in common use in the U.S., but when more than one system of terms is widely used, the alternatives are mentioned. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was because he really needed the gunpowder or perhaps because he had to stay on friendly terms with Morris, the financial genius of the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermione and Ron, not being on speaking terms with the Minister of Magic, hovered awkwardly in the background. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z On the other hand, some of them seemed to be on good terms with the guards, called them by nicknames, and tried to wheedle cigarettes through the spy-hole in the door. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of Christian superiority, except in technological terms. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Then, he held me by the arms, in an upright position on the top of the stone, and went on in these fearful terms:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In terms of achievement, Wayne Parr seemed to be nobody. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He has had the bounce knocked out of him since he has been in the trenches and wants to get on good terms with us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The notion that we must understand the past in its own terms, though, can place historians under a perverse pressure to find someone in the past who can act as spokesperson for their own views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Clearly this was not satisfactory either for keyboard tuners or composers, who were in practical terms restricted to certain keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This usage of the terms ‘philosophy’ and ‘philosopher’ survived much longer than one might think. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It’s worth nothing in terms of money—cheap nickel and copper, the necklace part made of plastic. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The public-relations hack for a security firm refers to the company’s activities in a press statement in terms of the way she thinks about them when selling them to potential clients. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Instead, there is a complicated network of terms, and a change in the meaning of one term results in adjustments in the meaning of all the others. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Living physiology should be explicable in terms of physics, biophysicists argued—forces, motions, actions, motors, engines, levers, pulleys, clasps. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Any contact with Mark Antony would be on her terms. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "Unbreakable until the terms of the spell are concluded." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The third was a dictionary of psychological terms edited by someone called Warren. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z My complaint about the terms is that they sound too much like firm promises. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Clement remains a top executive with the North Carolina Mutual and has served on the Durham city council for three consecutive terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z II. French-Latin words—that is, Latin words introduced through the French—can often be readily distinguished by their being more changed in form than the Latin terms directly introduced into our language. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z But, I persisted, cautiously, and in somewhat different terms, this twenty billion dollars, or whatever it is, depends on the total economy of the United States. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z After all, if you are thinking in geometric terms, what is a negative area? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Words had to be added for new weapons, military terms, and situations of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of energy, the modern farm is a losing proposition. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The whole collection of different formulations could be regarded as a complete unified theory, though one that could not be expressed in terms of a single set of postulates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: You may find the terms "Western" and "Non-Western" to be too Eurocentric, but they are very well entrenched, so you'll need to know what they mean. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Although the scientific panel had proposed informing Britain, France, China, and Russia, in practical terms the real question boiled down to what to tell the Soviets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They had never yet had a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who had lasted more than three terms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Some of these terms are pretty complicated, though, so if you have any problems, just text me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In terms of the voice, both boys and girls should remain singing in their head voice or falsetto. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Mo was still thinking of Inkheart; he couldn’t come to terms with losing it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z C. J. described the virus in vague terms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are on peaceful terms with the spinners. We trade with them, we do not invade each other’s lands...but it would be an exaggeration to call them our friends.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Lee writes another letter to Grant, asking for “a suspension of the hostilities pending the adjustment of the terms of the surrender of this army.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Even Cole’s lawyer spoke in terms of a reduced jail term for good behavior. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z This is our third game, and miraculously we’re still on speaking terms. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She also served four prison terms in England. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In scientific terms, though, Tyson is regarded as the founding father of comparative anatomy, which looks at the physical relationships between different species. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They are new additions to secure knowledge; they are, in our terms, theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In my view, explaining science in terms of common sense is simply to go round in a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I couldn’t count on the masters’ generosity two terms in a row. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Adams commented to Abigail, “we are still upon terms,” meaning that the friendship endured, but just barely. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He had kicked the Fugees out of the park, the story now went, for breaking the terms of its agreement with the city. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In this, 14 and 17, the vanishing point, incomprehensible in Aristotelian terms, is mysteriously obscured, showing how sensitive artists were to the clash between mathematics and philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At least that’s how he came to terms with all of this later on, in a rational way. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Using the wave/particle duality discussed in the last chapter, everything in the universe, including light and gravity, can be described in terms of particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever even considering a swerve, because what you risk losing in terms of other people’s high regard can feel too costly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I told the crowd in no uncertain terms that apartheid had no future in South Africa, and that the people must not let up their campaign of mass action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The board was meant to assess our behavior in terms of prison regulations, but we found that it preferred to act as a political tribunal rather than a mere evaluator of behavior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She went to check out Harvard but was disheartened when an admissions officer pointedly harassed her about her father’s politics, when all she wanted was to be taken on her own terms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were one grade below me, but in terms of popularity they were three grades above me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It took the better part of an hour before the impossible became possible, and another hour before they could agree on terms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In science terms, the Earth would travel around the sun twice before I would be able to go back home for good. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z First of all, there is a large body of what might be termed “nontechnology,” impossible to measure in terms of its capacity to alter either the natural course of disease or its eventual outcome. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus we are not dealing with a transformation reflected in a single pair of terms—‘natural philosophy’, which, in the nineteenth century, became ‘science’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I explain that I like to see space in terms of triangles, and he listens for a while and then laughs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I’d made my way into the Arcanum in three days instead of the usual three terms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Not only was it the obvious guess, but Maurice already had been talking in terms of helices at a summer meeting in Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And anyway, terms like homosexual or heterosexual made no sense if you didn’t identify as one gender or another. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There are some others, however, those Hoggart pejoratively terms ‘scholarship boys,’ for whom success comes with special anxiety. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘A Roman does not wait for death. She seeks it out and meets it on her own terms.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She gladly would have left Boston under the flag of marriage, but not under the reckless terms he proposed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “This shouldn’t take long. I swear to your terms!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Well, let’s start off with 2, and subtract the terms of the sum, one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Whether we’re businessmen in a competitive market or spouses in a marriage or superpowers in an arms race, our choices can often be phrased in terms of the prisoner’s dilemma. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby reluctantly agreed to the terms of the deal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His good humor disarmed them in the end, and they wound up spending the remainder of the summer on good terms. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z If the gene was the central currency of biological information, then major characteristics of the living world—not just heredity—should be explicable in terms of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And gradually, Justice is coming to terms with her own life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Nor do either of those terms connote the courage people in such pains exemplify, which is why I’d ask you to frame your mental health around a word other than crazy.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Every art book Mrs. Richardson consulted described her in glowing terms: a self-taught genius, a feminist photographic pioneer, a dynamic and generous intellect. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I know SquareHead314 is a whiz with differential equations. He...or she...can explain things in the simplest terms.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They are trying to get me to come to terms with what happened there. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The terms of the letter were more than friendly. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I picked it for two reasons—one: It took place in the Arizona desert, and I was doing everything I could to come to terms with my new living situation. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Hadn’t he come to terms with the fact that their odds of not catching the disease were almost zero? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t thinking in these larger terms as I drove “up the river” at dawn on that Monday in late April, my first day at Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sensing the unpopularity of the pact, Washington attempted to keep its terms secret until the Senate had voted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z This was actually used as evidence to support the notion that the extinction of dinosaurs was swift and emphatic–and so it was in geological terms. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Would that be too weird since Maddie and I weren’t even on speaking terms? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I mean in terms of running the ship.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In terms of our earlier distinction, they got us from the short run to the long run. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As she worked, Elizebeth had to come to terms with the fact that her own vital role in wartime code breaking was vanishing from sight, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In terms of class size, teachers’ education, and computer-to-student ratio, the schools attended by blacks and whites are similar. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z For the entire trip I think the three of us were all on speaking terms for only one complete afternoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The most obvious explanation of the red shift was in terms of the Doppler effect: the galaxies were receding from us; the more distant the galaxy the greater its speed of recession. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Such are the distances, in fact, that it isn’t possible, in any practical terms, to draw the solar system to scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Napoleon was by this time on slightly better terms with the other farmers than before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z It was possible consequendy to use these terms and to feel at once a close bond, and the distance of formality. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fittingly, it falls to me, as someone who so awkwardly carried the label, to question it now, its juxtaposition of terms—minority, student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s more to the job in terms of giving people what they want. But you gotta work up to it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know how to come to terms with what had happened. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘These are the terms,’ said the Messenger, and smiled as he eyed them one by one. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "Leave Brooklyn? Boy, this is home. You leave home on your terms, not because someone ran you out. Got that?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Nixon solemnly promised to defend South Vietnam with air strikes if North Vietnam violated the terms of the Paris Peace Accords. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was one thing for her to have known him as a child; it was another for her to come to terms with the nature of his adult wounds. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead, tuning itself is now defined in terms of equal-temperament, with tunings and intervals measured in cents. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I relayed this to every crowd: I was floored by what people were bringing to Barack’s campaign in terms of enthusiasm and involvement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The basic approach utilizes discovery in terms of music learning, and also is synchronous with many of the 21st-century learning approaches discussed in Chapter 1. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I agree to your terms,” Johanna says, and she holds out her hand, her footsteps squeaking in the snow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z If the terms go to zero too slowly, then the sum of the terms doesn’t converge to a finite number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In fact, we tend to judge children’s art according to the same criteria as adult art, only in appropriately simpler terms, and with good reason. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Aguirre says she feeds the police occasionally, to keep them on good terms. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Abstruse calculations, geometric forms and algebraic terms, unusual correlations—all have been used to adorn the silliest drivel. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Meliagrance, loving Guenever, flinching at his own half-hearted wickedness, and knowing the hopelessness of forcing his beloved against her will, had agreed to terms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Wittgenstein explained that there are some terms we have and use quite reliably which we cannot adequately define. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the morning I decide that I've done a disservice to myself in terms of my physical achievement. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But even then, he had lost on his own terms. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the various naming systems may use the same terms to mean different things, so even a list of basic terms is a bit confusing. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “You can do your kneeling on the carpet in your solar once we’ve agreed on terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I believe that falls under the terms of disownment.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Some of the ablest of New York’s black hustlers took a liking to me, and knowing that I still was green by their terms, soon began in a paternal way to “straighten Red out.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the two lines I saw graded status in purely racial terms. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not much. She said she knew a really good therapist. ‘He’ll help you come to terms,’ she said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z In our world, I rank music somewhere between hair ribbons and rainbows in terms of usefulness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The system serves to redefine the terms of the relationship of poor people of color and their communities to mainstream, white society, ensuring their subordinate and marginal status. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The Middle, so long as it was struggling for power, had always made use of such terms as freedom, justice, and fraternity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Recognize which battles you have no choice but to lose; then lose them on your own terms. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The racism and repression were the same; I would simply have to fight on different terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They had looted a small tobacco factory not far from the farmhouse where the two generals thrashed out the terms of surrender. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I have never thought about what I do in those terms. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The ratio 4:6 reduced to lowest terms is 2:3. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Some were fencing terms, some were peculiar to London, some were the jargon of the players' trade. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I was in my fifteenth year; in terms of schooling I was far behind the average youth of the nation, but I did not know that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To explain the intersection of genetics, natural selection, and evolution in formal terms, Dobzhansky resurrected two important words—genotype and phenotype. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We now know that Laplace’s hopes of determinism cannot be realized, at least in the terms he had in mind. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon what terms would I be allowed to remain upon the school grounds? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack Livingood put Lawrence’s lament to Boyce in graphic terms that his mentor never would have used: “We felt like kicking each other’s butts.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In terms of analysis, solfege instantly informs the listener or singer which lines of music are the same and helps them compare and contrast each line rather quickly! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I believe that I am on the side of the American people and the state of Texas in terms of values!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But Newton’s genius involved defining these terms rigorously and linking them to each other via a nest of equations—thereby launching the science of mechanics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Roosevelt had been our president for more than three terms in office. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Knife and Fist, recently finished with their prison terms, were lounging in easy chairs, but Granny wasn’t with them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And the language they inherited framed the genuine political differences and divisions in terms that only exacerbated their nonnegotiable character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The world’s sixth most important crop in terms of annual harvest, this large tuber has been fundamental to Amazonian diets for 7,000 years or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It must have reinforced his certainty that it was unclimbable, because he accepted Calixte’s terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The terms sounded in public to remind me in private of the truth: I was not—in a cultural sense—a minority, an alien from public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his terms now stand as Heads of my Chapters.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "My lord Hand," he said, "Lord Stark will never consent to these terms." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The truth is, we have both had to make compromises that cost us sleep at night in order to afford us enough time to share our relationship with the world on our own terms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mom quizzed me about flowers and medical terms. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Occasionally a man would sell warm soft drinks out of a cardboard box, but that was it in terms of concessions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The following day he offered his readers this translation of Ulbrickson’s reply: “which in less guarded terms means... ‘very good indeed.’” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z With the later rise of genetics, the explanations were recast once again, in genetic terms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was no one who could insult him in jest or speak lightly with him about unimportant matters, though on the other hand he was on courteous terms with almost everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z With some alternation of terms, some toning down, the passage could describe the building of a termite nest. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s staring at me again, though I got nothing in terms of a response. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Like me, she was someone impossible to easily peg in terms of ethnic background. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The discussion of each theme coheres not just because it is localized in a string of consecutive paragraphs but because it refers to the theme using a set of transparently related terms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He’d only heard about it from Erastis, who described it in numinous terms, as if the Book were made out of light and magic instead of paper and thread. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “If I live that long. Some o’ my own will spit on me when they hear these terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A holding pen for Fred while he and Jenny Yen negotiated terms for the dog’s ransom. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “My father has not been on speaking terms with my uncle for some time.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Although they couldn’t talk in my terms, they had a language of their own that was easy to understand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The terms are in Italian, and are listed from slowest to fastest. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I’m like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the beginning of this century, for example, it was thought that everything could be explained in terms of the properties of continuous matter, such as elasticity and heat conduction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, I accept your terms. Here,” he said, reaching into his pocket, “let me pay you now.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The unpredictable, random element comes in only when we try to interpret the wave in terms of the positions and velocities of particles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distasteful stillness, while he muttered and insisted that the terms should be observed, reluctant hands disarmed Sir Lancelot and tied him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “That in itself is a contradiction in terms. No one could possibly be nice in a den like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam Trask thought of the war in terms of his own now dimly remembered campaign against the Indians. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though Reggie was coming to terms with his actions at the time of the accident, there was plenty of reason to think the plea was just expediency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I have not spoken of my faithful vehicle except in formal terms of passing praise. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If you want to avoid using the terms yourself, you can be more specific. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Yet I came to use these terms with ease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But as inmates swirled past on their way off the gallery, they looked to me, in terms of their gang allegiances, as undifferentiated as a great school of fish. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Frey and Freya, brother and sister, were leaders of the Vanir who would stay with the Aesir in Asgard from now on, under the terms of the truce. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In the very look of the man’s eyes Bigger saw his own personality reflected in narrow, restricted terms. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Lee watches as Grant writes out his terms in pen. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Another set of useful terms describe how quickly a melody goes up and down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z "We ought to be hammering out the terms of an alliance, not trading taunts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The “earth art” of the prehistoric Indians of North America, the so-called Mound Builders, is comparable to the megalithic monuments of Europe in terms of the effort involved. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Speech patterning and characteristics appeared to be feminine in terms of oscillation of pitch and direct eye contact. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He had already told me in no uncertain terms, “Don’t ever leave the school grounds without permission.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “In layman’s terms: I discovered a cure for aging.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The goal was not necessarily to change Comptons mind, for he was likely to hold a positive view of Lawrence’s project anyway, but to encourage him to express his opinion in especially forceful terms. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In terms of their effects on birds, the prescribed use of heptachlor would be equivalent to 20 pounds of DDT to the acre, that of dieldrin to 120 pounds! Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It contains active definitions for musical terms; music lessons regarding the meanings of musical notation; and exercises designed to further understanding of musical notes, chords, and many other musical aspects. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It's useful, therefore, to be familiar with the terms commonly used to describe each element. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Shorthand terms are unobjectionable, indeed indispensable, when a term has become entrenched in the community one is writing for. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Roy had a gloomy feeling that the forms and documents were written in such technical terms that he wouldn’t be able to understand them, anyway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d been too young back then to truly appreciate the severity of things like terms and conditions, and only after Baba had died had the terrible reality shown its true face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The tug-maker’s letter, he complained, framed the boat question solely in terms of moving the greatest number of passengers between different points at the exposition as cheaply and quickly as possible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It is quite another to condemn all use of hindsight and to insist that the past should only be presented ‘in its own terms’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sister and Brother were terms I used in speaking to my teachers for twelve years. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of our daily interactions with sound, we are constantly bombarded with all types of sounds, both chosen and unchosen. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z This means that in terms of the number of species, 70 to 80 per cent of the earth’s creatures are insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After all, the Latin terms survive more or less in free variation with the Greek, and Puttenham’s English equivalents are abundantly charming—albeit that charm is conditioned by a certain quaintness. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Instead of borrowing Egyptian terms, the Greeks preferred to revive abandoned Greek ones. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z At this point in the presentation, the terms mean nothing to the reader, and the list is too long and arbitrary to stay in memory for long. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "The Young Wolf has sent us terms, you see. Unacceptable terms, to be sure, but still, a beginning. Would you care to see them?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The terms "folk music" and "pop music" also have more than one meaning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “The terms of surrender were most favorable. One of which was clearing the streets so I could welcome you here myself.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Still another problem must now be considered largely in terms of what we may logically suppose will happen in the future, because the studies that will disclose the facts are only beginning to be made. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I'd always ranked them between boa constrictors and Planet Hollywood T-shirts in terms of vulgar accessories, but once I stuck the headphones in my ears, I found I kind of liked it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The transaction did occur, which meant that the officer had agreed to the terms. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "Why do you fellows always talk in terms of race!" he snapped, his eyes blazing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So even if we are not really alone, in all practical terms we are. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z So I had to pay up, which according to the terms of the bet meant I had to clothe their nakedness. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The puzzlement in having to make sense of this abstract philosophical conundrum mingles with the poignancy of having to come to terms with the loss of someone we love. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I don’t recommend using the following terms, but in case you run across them, here’s what they mean. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The castle was not ready for a siege—but if it could be got ready, there would be a fair prospect of making terms with the besiegers, considering that the Queen would be inside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “How many terms has our young E’lir been attending the University?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z While other children of their age learned other things, Estha and Rahel learned how history negotiates its terms and collects its dues from those who break its laws. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did he, too, think my life should run on his terms? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z In terms of psychoanalytic theory, it had very little to do with the human mind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In environmental terms, Thoreau, who saw the landscape as imbued with an essential wildness that could be heedlessly destroyed, embodies physis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In human terms, this was Tyson’s greatest achievement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z This is life lived in cramped limits and expressing itself not in terms of our good and bad, but in terms of its own fulfilment. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And it is this new form of life that has grown up here in our midst that puzzles us, that expresses itself, like a weed growing from under a stone, in terms we call crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Lack of soap and water and toilet facilities weren’t the only problems that the Soviet soldiers faced in terms of hygiene. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z An hour later, when the four of us were still seated on the sofas, I finally came to terms with their physical persistence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Sydelle was in pain, but she wanted attention on her own terms, not as a hapless, foolish victim of fate. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A judgment for Corax, he said, would mean that he, Tisias, had lost his first case: so, by the terms of their agreement, he need not pay a fee. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He doesn’t know what to make of the whole arrangement with Maxine, but as odd as the terms of the invitation seem he’d been unable to refuse. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Shrewdly, they try to shift the terms of the argument to more congenial rhetorical ground—an approach that will force the friars to treat them as equals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She was alone in a cell, coming to terms for the four hundredth time with her imminent death and the deaths she’d dealt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z For two days I tried to wrestle meaning from the textbook’s dense passages, but terms like “civic humanism” and “the Scottish Enlightenment” dotted the page like black holes, sucking all the other words into them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They would try to tell themselves that in terms of geological time it was an insignificant event. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Named 1991 BA, it was noticed as it sailed past us at a distance of 106,000 miles–in cosmic terms the equivalent of a bullet passing through one’s sleeve without touching the arm. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Up to now he had been thinking only in temporary terms. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Most students spend at least three or four terms finishing their apprenticeships. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The Ryans’ offer was enough to pay for three more terms of school. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Below you will find some of the formal terms musicians use to describe texture. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Here, I thought, was a way of learning correct pronunciation of all those archaic terms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "An offer had to be made—though a wiser man might have offered sweeter terms." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In terms of area conquered during his lifetime, he was in the league of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It is, after all, important to form a clear view of them both technically and in terms of their impact on general morale. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z In briefest terms, the second law states that a little energy is always wasted. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She had read the terms of his life insurance policy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Bapu Gandhi? The boy is getting to be on affectionate terms with Gandhi? After Daddy Gandhi, what next? Uncle Jesus? And what’s this nonsense—has he really become a Muslim?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The terms could seem impolite to an outsider, but they reflected Farmer’s sense of humor, his quick mind, and his prejudice for brevity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There is, even within the English-speaking world, quite a variety of music teaching traditions, which sometimes use different terms for the same concepts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At this point, Nixon wheeled round and point by point, having defined the terms of the argument to his satisfaction, exonerated himself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z McMillan’s initial observations suggested that 94 would be exceptionally long lived, which was both a drawback and, in terms of the war effort, a virtue. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The consequences of resistance in terms of malaria and other diseases are indicated by reports from many parts of the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Infantry Division at Enns, in Austria, under the terms dictated by the Americans. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z So here are a few terms that may be useful if you are wondering what kind of music you want to learn more about. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z During her two terms on the school board she had gotten more than her fill of sports, and she wondered what good high school football did for the kids who played it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I found that when I talked to them in abstract terms, my ideas were not understood. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dance terms,” Rex says, smiling a huge smile from a mouth that isn’t as bright as Mark’s or Marc’s but looks, instead, like it enjoys seven or eight hoagies per weekend. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He exposed one of the tricks the planters used to get around the terms of the indenture contract. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was—in terms of permanently memorable, immoderately perceptive, small-area faces—a stunning and final girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z To this date, I know not what terms they discussed, what blasphemous deal they tried to strike, abhorrent to their humanity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the language of the day, they had “psychosis” and “severe neurosis”—terms that were sometimes applied to William, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Their brains were less metabolically active,” as Dr. Strayer explains it in slightly more scientific terms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When Selena had rung her apartment bell, the girls were admitted—or rather, the door was drawn in and left ajar—by a colored maid with whom Selena didn’t seem to be on speaking terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And, as they talked, I’d translate what they said in terms of Bigger’s life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z One study of the past three decades found a growing percentage of families that remained in the same fifth of families in terms of income, moving neither up nor down. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Go through the Professional Assessment Rubric, and honestly appraise yourself in terms of how you behave currently as a student in your classes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Nowadays, we tend to think of architecture in terms of enclosed interiors, but we also have landscape architects, who design gardens, parks, and playgrounds. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychiatry, conceived of art primarily in terms of sublimation outside of consciousness. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The following are some terms and their beats per minute to help you gauge different tempi. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He thought he had come to terms with that but he had been wrong. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Winnie would discuss “the church” in appropriate terms, and I might then ask, “How are the priests? Are there any new sermons?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After Paniagua left, 3 Guys went without a single Mexican waiter for ten months, despite the terms of the settlement. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But if you approach the warder in your corridor, and you are on good terms with him, he will simply go to the stockroom and fetch a blanket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We were not yet ready to engage the enemy on its own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Comparisons of terms for plants in southern Nigerian languages of the Niger-Congo family show that the words fall into three groups. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In Brazilian terms, it was like abandoning a glamorous expatriate life in Paris to come back to Chicago. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The other missionaries to Kilanga had long since expired their terms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some states have no minimum age for prosecuting children as adults; we’ve sent a quarter million kids to adult jails and prisons to serve long prison terms, some under the age of twelve. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In terms of evidence gained from animal experiments we shall see that five or possibly six of the pesticides must definitely be rated as carcinogens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We laughed among ourselves at the idea of “warm” jail food; it was a contradiction in terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I doubt its end will be so happy for us. All we can do is find our friends and make sure we die on our own terms.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then he enriched it with terms of singular aggressiveness, put it in an envelope, and mailed it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In physical terms, for instance, one rower’s arms might be longer than another’s, but the latter might have a stronger back than the former. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The genome project, in turn, inspires attempts to understand human variation and “normal” behavior in terms of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Some other terms that are used to describe instrument ranges are: Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The event makes sense when I think of it in these terms. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He may not have been on the best terms with our parents, but I wouldn’t be able to entirely focus until he had been informed of their deaths. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The two questions are identical, of course, and the differing responses are a function of how the question is framed, whether in terms of lives saved or of lives lost. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And with that, they both affixed their signatures to the bottom of the letter of terms that Lord Ashton had prepared. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Brother Jack and the others talked in terms of "we," but it was a different, bigger "we." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other, increased advocacy is required in order to justify music’s existence and terms of benefits to the child amidst the threat of constant budget cuts. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes it feels a little lonely, but at least it’s on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Over time, primitive languages evolved to distinguish between one, two, and many, and eventually one, two, three, many, but didn’t have terms for higher numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Once they found out about the motor, they weren’t going to let me stay. Better to go on my own terms.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When we picture the place, we tend to think of it in modern terms: a dedicated building full of racks of books, in this case papyrus rolls. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z They came to terms, and a moment later they walked to the stage, applauded by the journalists and well-wishers who’d been waiting patiently. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The big woman who looked like a southern "sudsbuster" was in charge of women's work, and spoke in abstract, ideological terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He battled opponents on the strip and was forced to fight racism and classism in order to claim his spot among the annals of fencing greats, which he did on his own terms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Both Rosy’s and Maurice’s papers covered roughly the same ground and in each case interpreted their results in terms of the base pairs. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She was my first true female friend, a woman I met on equal terms with whom I could confide and share secrets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On Earth, for all practical purposes, mass and weight are the same and so the terms can be treated as synonymous, at least outside the classroom. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Poaching and capturing a book are Book Scavenger terms. Doesn’t everyone in San Francisco play?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You trounced me these last two terms, I was bound to catch a break sooner or later. I got five talents even this term.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The very notion of a republican king was a repudiation of the spirit of’76 and a contradiction in terms. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “The Irish Chasers were too good. He wanted to end it on his terms, that’s all. “He was very brave, wasn’t he?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A vague gesture of his fingers indicated he spoke in broad terms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Great gods, of course! He talks of her in terms of the deepest respect.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Of course, he was on intimate terms with the Klan’s state leader, Bob Jones, and Jones’ wife, Sylvia, head of the women's auxiliary. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Twelve were condemned to death, seven to prison terms, and three were acquitted. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z More code-breaking adventures lay ahead of her—and from now on, she would do her best to set the terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z All of us, when it comes to personality, naturally think in terms of absolutes: that a person is a certain way or is not a certain way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z First, in conceptual terms at least, there are the ‘simple machines’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Two crops a year are not uncommon; in terms of yield per acre, peach palms are typically much more productive than rice, beans, or maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After the terms of the Allotment Act were agreed upon, in 1906, Palmer boasted to Congress, “I wrote that Osage agreement out in longhand.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Thus, in simple terms, Bentley was right: the new science did undermine belief in magic and witchcraft, just as it undermined belief in astrology and alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In terms of musical material, it is important to assess the sonic aspects as well as the written. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Oppie spoke in abstract terms because, as he acknowledged, the government’s demand for nuclear secrecy required him to gloss over the horrific details. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z How dare scum dictate terms to the captain! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These terms often appear below the staff, although writing them above the staff is also allowed. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z These were not, however, the terms she would have chosen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Joseph Hooper had spent that part of his childhood before school, and between terms, in this house, and he did not like it, he had unhappy memories of Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then he wondered if he were not letting fear get the better of him by thinking always in terms of Mary and of her having been smothered and burnt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Now that a few years have gone by, I want to see the city again for myself and come to terms with the site of my personal horror. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We live in an era of social science, and have become accustomed to understanding the social world in terms of “forces,” “pressures,” “processes,” and “developments.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z We didn’t use terms like “Mr.” and “Mrs.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One option—the one most frequently adopted—was to continue to use the terms of Latin origin: ‘natural philosophy’ and ‘natural philosopher’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Walter withstood a barrage of hostile questions and rose above Yutar’s petty machinations to explain our policy in clear and simple terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been afraid of coming to terms with himself, of admitting the whole truth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z For months, Bigheart and Palmer and other members of the tribe negotiated with government officials over the terms of allotment. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And now that I am back in America, my attitude here concerning white people has to be governed by what my black brothers and I experience here, and what we witness herein terms of brotherhood. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't much in terms of a spectacle. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z For the well-to-do Viennese of the late-eighteenth century onwards, however, including composers like Haydn and Mozart, using the terms ‘gypsy’, ‘Hungarian’ or ‘Turkish’ was like saying ‘random foreign music by poor people’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His father thought only in terms of conquest, but what good was it to take a kingdom if you could not hold it? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After defeating Brutus and Cassius, the Caesarian generals went their separate ways to oversee parts of the Republic as agreed under the terms of the Triumvirate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z What could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Breaking and entering with the intent to commit theft. What do you call that, Tag? In legal terms?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In the end, they had decided it would do no harm to see what terms they could reach with the witch. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Europe might contain all the cultural capitals and current world powers, but in terms of America's national interest, it was a mere sideshow and distraction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They were appropriately amazed, though they did tell me in plain terms that next time I would leave a note for them or there would be hell to pay. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had learned early one important thing, and that was to always teach in terms that the people could understand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z You probably don’t believe me—I wouldn’t in your place—but I’ve had 143 days to come to terms with our inevitable destruction, and I’ve spent most of those days thinking about the future. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In terms of civil service, you were only on probation for a year. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Reginald and I, after my fighting fiasco, had finally gotten back on good terms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He prefers money as a concept and often uses terms such as annuity and fiduciary, words definitely not listed in the dictionary of mindless entertainment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But more likely they don’t think in terms of clothing discarded on the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are still on friendly terms with Mr. Jaggers?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Especially since He and I weren’t exactly on speaking terms these days. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z For the last ten days Dussel hasn’t been on speaking terms with Mr. van Daan, and all because of the new security measures since the break-in. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I'm told it's not as glamorous as it sounds, but in terms of fun for the entire family, I'm fairly confident that it beats the sack race at the annual IBM picnic. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z ‘Surety you crave! Sauron gives none. If you sue for his clemency you must first do his bidding. These are his terms. Take them or leave them!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I go to a Web site for a trusted-traveler program and have to decide whether to click on GOES, Nexus, GlobalEntry, Sentri, Flux, or FAST—bureaucratic terms that mean nothing to me. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Thou art more lovely and more temperate in terms of sheer beauty. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z While other students casually worked to complete the worksheet, Boobie ate some candy and left blank the entire second page, which asked for definitions of certain genetic terms. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You spoke of terms. What sort of terms?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maybe that was why Baba and I had been on such better terms in the U.S., The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Sure, he was strong, but Tyson was a little kid in Cyclops terms, maybe seven or eight years old, mentally. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z We then disembodied plaintiffs’ claims in judicially manageable or judicially enforceable terms, unenforceable without more lawyers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We were the forty-fourth First Family and only the eleventh family to spend two full terms in the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In terms of precipitation, she observes, Antarctica “is the driest large area on Earth, drier overall than any large desert.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The government offered very generous terms and incentives to relocate to the big towns, mortgages and tax relief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Shay had wanted so much to keep her own face, to live on her own terms outside the city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z In simplest terms, what the equation says is that mass and energy have an equivalence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I never said there would be blood flowing in the streets,” he said, “but I used strong terms like ‘bloodbath’ to get people’s attention. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I hoped you would come to see that on your own terms.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “The caretaker? Yes, I could discern his location. Ascend the stairs and we will discuss terms.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We couldn’t go up against these guys in terms of force because we weren’t, you know, violent criminals. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His example was seen as “a turning point in terms of public sympathy in Selma,” said Chestnut. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Mr. Burnside, the retired business executive who never exactly came to terms with the end of his career. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They may make history inexplicable in terms of environmental forces, or indeed of any generalizable causes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Those opening words look like an ascending tricolon—a set of three terms, increasing in force—though they are a special and subtle case of it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We landed with our full force and, knowing from the pilot that this was the house of a rebel, offered no terms for conveyance, but rather made straight for the stores and livestock to pillage. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We must deal with it on its own terms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Truth was, I was all too aware of the fact that I only owned two shirts, and after two terms of constant wear they were getting shabby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Elizebeth and her team took note and adopted the same terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sahil had told me, in no uncertain terms, that their sibling rivalry was pretty bad. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For weeks, after the city and I came to terms about my belonging, I haunted the points of interest and found them empty and un-San Francisco. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m convinced my brother uses terms I don’t know on purpose, to confuse me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I guess, in terms of mountains, it was a small one, but it looked plenty huge as we were driving toward it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I don’t want to go into detail about it because it’s pretty private stuff, but I will say that Brad assumed the role of the girl in terms of where you put things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After earlier negotiations had broken down, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to retreat while the politicians held out for more favorable terms of surrender. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I said that our disagreement had been in terms of political direction and involvement in the extra-religious straggle for human rights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In her imagination she has set the limits and the terms. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Under the hostile atmosphere at the time, he said, the judges might see fit to give us longer terms of imprisonment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the terms of our country’s founding document, slaves were defined as three-fifths of a person not a real, whole human being. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I did not put it, to myself, in terms of love. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Now my body is accustomed to the extreme environment and weather, but my heart has never come to terms with the absence of those we have lost. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fancy mathematical terms and reams of statistical correlations and computer printouts do not in themselves produce understanding, social scientists’ claims notwithstanding. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In political terms, the Hamilton pamphlet was fully as fatal, and perhaps suicidal, as his subsequent decision to face Aaron Burr on the plains of Weehawken. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The legionaries might be armed and organized in the same manner as Unsullied ... but the eunuchs knew no other life, whereas the Ghiscari were free citizens who served for three-year terms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Prior to that, it seems to me, we thought about being well off or not well off in terms of personal comfort or distress. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In terms of any teaching material, it is important to look and listen for quality content. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z He had been involved in negotiating with Lord Asriel about the terms of his imprisonment, and he remembered it well. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Those are the terms. We don’t get to ask why.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There were, as well, several terms, stone satyrs in the brambles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Ah...the size. The depth. And the depth in terms of the sun, too. As the sun gets higher in the sky, the stripers go deeper. That’s why we’re out here so early.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Part of what it means to have a powerful or persuasive personality, then, is that you can draw others into your own rhythms and dictate the terms of the interaction. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand ‘Currier’ or ‘Ives’ or ‘decor,’” Luba Luft said; she seemed to be struggling, however, to make out the terms. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z They discussed the war in their own terms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Everyone was thinking in terms of towers, but Burnham, for one, did not think a tower was the best approach. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “And may I ask—” said Elizabeth; “but the terms, I suppose, must be complied with.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z And Hina’s right: maybe I’ll be able to share that sort of glance with my own husband one day, but on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In terms of pure sound, Josquin could not be described as a radical. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He had retired from his firm on the terms he wanted. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Forgive me! Of course you need to know the terms. I am utterly hopeless with numbers, but Lord Ashton drew this up for your perusal before he left for business this morning.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z More and more, in very general terms, I’d been thinking about my own death. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We can readily understand Michelangelo’s discomfort, for Titian has rephrased his sculpture in utterly sensuous terms through the painterly application of sonorous color that is characteristic of his work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “We didn’t part on the best terms,” put in Mr. Wright. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And my response would be...well, let's just use the school-y terms—"not exemplary behavior." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Olmsted had begun to think in terms of fallback arrangements. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Rutherford had carefully specified that he was thinking in terms of “the means at present at our disposal.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Yet you yourself cling to it with your dirty hands. I shall not tarry here. My terms or nothing. Make your choice.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Spoken conversation is instinctive because social interaction is instinctive: we speak to those with whom we are on speaking terms. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In terms of species richness, Balee told me, the forest islands of Bolivia are comparable to any place in South America. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His model was intended as a way of achieving that and, on its own terms, it failed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When he says anything at all, even a simple thing about a car or a plumbing repair, it tends to come out like this—in terms that can be interpreted as sacred. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, however, Sister and Father were highly formal terms of address— they were tides, marks of formality like a salute or a curtsey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We already know that 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and so forth has a limit of zero; thus, as we subtract the terms from 2, we have nothing left. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If he attended the meetings, he wouldn’t have to go on their terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Stuart Symington, the secretary of the Air Force, articulated Americans' fears in their starkest terms. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “In those days, no one thought in terms of one bomb destroying a whole city.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “If there was a way to release that video on your own terms, would you?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z No organization came close to Langley in terms of the quality and range of wind tunnel research data and analysis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As long as they were competing with one another on even terms, they were likely to keep improving. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Today scientists describe the universe in terms of two basic partial theories—the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see from the way I was speaking to him that we were already on different terms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z One would not specify the position of the moon in terms of miles north and miles west of Piccadilly Circus and feet above sea level. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only priests and fools are fearless, and I’ve never been on the best of terms with God.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The experience is understood to define the terms of one’s relationship not only to the state but to society at large. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Indeed this tragic event may cause the white South to come to terms with its conscience.3 Dr. King was right, but that redemptive work wouldn’t start happening right away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The efforts by Bush and Conant yielded little in terms of policy movement. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He was their property, heart and soul, body and blood; what they did claimed every atom of him, sleeping and waking; it colored life and dictated the terms of death. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Our city, I mean. In terms of land area. What percentage?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z How do you come to terms with the fact that you can’t set something right? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Even without knowing any of the distances in absolute terms, he could place the planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z As I approached, I saw that my dear philosophe spake in terms of remonstration to the Serjeant, which officer protested their presence on the ship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if large numbers of citizens spend half their waking hours in what amounts, in plain terms, to a dictatorship. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He coined more than fifty medical terms still in use today and defined a host of new diseases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z In mathematical terms, we are barely scratching the surface of our lives at this point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She was on friendly terms—so far—with the spirit world, but she found its presence frightening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m on speaking terms with the valedictorian and the salutatorian, if that makes you feel any better,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And, whatever its justification in terms of inmate penitence and self-reflection, the Frenchmen immediately appreciated the administrative power of the separate system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Groves’s order to freeze the calutron design was honored only in the most general terms, and then only for the very first units to be shipped for installation at Oak Ridge. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “These others have lost their lords in the fighting. I do not know who leads them now. Crowfood is no lapdog, though. Your Grace would do well to accept his terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the throng of the winter terms at Devon we were at opposite extremities of the class, and to me there only came the disliked edge of Quackenbush’s reputation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Throughout my time at the Clinic he had kept Chapter Eleven apprised of the situation in only the simplest terms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One thing about the people at the Chthonian, they all seemed able to say just what they felt and meant in hard, clear terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She refused, over and over, to give any single person her devotion, preferring instead to make a home for herself that she defined on her own terms, and of which she was master. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “How was I to come to terms with all that?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z No one took them seriously—in terms of them being racist or whatever. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They were negotiating final terms for a plea to assault. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I’m not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z You may notice that there are quite a few terms for slowing down. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Galileo’s law of fall describes in mathematical terms what happens when bodies fall under ideal conditions; but it does not explain anything. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Even the graphs! The questions were all about people buying and selling everything from gasoline to hula hoops, but in my own mind, I put it in terms of tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z But those who are on good terms with the guard can get through, of course. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms, that is, of family, which wasn’t so much an idea for her, as an aesthetic. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Since music and language development have a high correlation in terms of development, it is helpful to know what activities children are developmentally ready for musically, and when are they ready for them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And since Belt’s day, terms like 'Amazonia” and 'Amazon basin” are often used as if they referred to a single, homogeneous entity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To the extent this represented a quantitative judgment, it was certainly true; yet in qualitative terms, it may be viewed as a desperate rationalization of a foregone conclusion. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z After a suitable pause, Riddick expertly shifted gears and began talking about the charrette in practical and even somewhat technical terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As this squirm-making instance illustrates all too well, the time to define your terms is in advance, not as part of a rearguard action. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Mother Ermentrude summons me and in brief terms informs me of the decision. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “But he was very upset when I saw him last. And of all of us, I think you’re on the best terms with him at the moment.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z You were also free to bribe a sea captain to return you to England before the terms of your transportation were over and done. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I glance there, too, from time to time, because it is natural that I am eager for my break to arrive, especially as today has been another no-show day, in terms of customers. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z We had ended things so violently that night, I had a feeling he wanted to discuss this at his own pace, on his own terms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So when you deal with an infinite number of terms in a series, even the + sign doesn’t seem so straightforward. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In principle any theory could be saved by redefining terms in this way; but the enterprise would be pointless. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The hardest part was coming to terms with the constant dispiriting discovery that there is always more hill. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z This shocked the three-judge panel, who warned us in direst terms about the dangers of conducting our own defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In my life as Adah I must come to my own terms with the Predator. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He not only had less time for me, he also had less to say to me, which, in terms of our friendship, was pretty much the same thing. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most things in the Night Zoo, the terms and conditions held by its indentured workers only benefitted one person. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The Confederates asked for their rendition under the terms of the Fugitive Slave Law, but they were informed by General Butler that “under the peculiar circumstances, he considered the fugitives ‘contraband’ of war.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There surely is something to these terms, but too often they’re the result of minds intent on discovering meaning where there is only probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z How do they come to terms with something tragic, dissonant, dangerous, contrary to their long-term interests, their safety, the interests of their children? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z In the best faith in the world, the Laughing Man agreed to these terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Quintilian goes on to argue, interestingly, that sometimes what might be decorous in practical terms could be unbecoming sub specie aeternitate. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I had begun to analyze the struggle in different terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But all of these terms refer to two or more independent, simultaneous melodies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He could never be on close terms with Emily or Jack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The young lawyer was on civil, if not close, terms with Durham’s older black leaders, but he labored under no illusions about their willingness to take bold action. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Under the terms of the deal, Richard’s sentence could still be reduced to five years—if he successfully jumped through a series of hoops. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I’d love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z For a year he had practically pleaded for a match on any terms, but Riddle remained uninterested. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood at attention as he told us that the work we would be doing would last six months and afterward we would be given light tasks for the duration of our terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though the terms themselves go to zero, they don’t approach zero fast enough. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This introductory course cannot go very deeply into this subject, and so will only touch on the common terms used when referring to cadences. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Ferguson twenty years later, the Court unanimously upheld Alabama's restrictions on interracial sex and marriage and affirmed the prison terms imposed on Tony Pace and Mary Cox. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A foggy sadness overwhelmed her, thinking of what they had allowed to happen between them and yet there was the new excitement of freshness, of a relationship on different terms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Formally race-neutral devices were adopted to achieve the goal of an all-white electorate without violating the terms of the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Its goals are rigid and simply drawn, and the minds of the majority of politicians are set, congealed in terms of daily tactical maneuvers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The Platonists’ doctrines of recurrence and reminiscence were not the real problem, however; both were endorsed by Proclus, who still wrote, as the Greeks did, in terms of discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They believed it was best not to confuse or upset patients with frightening terms they might not understand, like cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z If the patient was hotter than the doctor’s hand they were, in absolute terms, hot, and that was that. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z While I had made progress in terms of my opposition to communism, I still feared the influence of Indians. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had struggled a long time with that loss, believed he had resigned himself to it, had come to terms with the fact that old age would be not remembering what things felt like. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He learns the endless terms, the vocabulary that classifies the details of ancient buildings, writing them on separate index cards and making illustrations on the back: architrave, entablature, tympanum, voussoir. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “But a little lacking in terms of sophistication. An ambush is so bourgeois.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to natural as well as to civil history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Ideally, it should be possible to formulate every scientific argument in syllogistic terms, a syllogism being, for example: All men are mortal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The issue turned out to be the most successful ever in terms of newsstand sales. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Since each of these intervals is so many 11times11 in terms of frequencies, when you add intervals, you multiply their frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In terms of a unique ingredient for a cupcake, that's hard! From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z While the terms of partnership were being drawn up, he stayed at a cheap lodging house on Fish Street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your Grace, forgive me. Those were not the terms that we agreed to.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It has long troubled the entomologists that the rest of us are always interfering in their affairs by offering explanations of insect behavior in human terms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Buck’s envy of his competitor couldn’t be explained in traditional business terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But I’m trying to come to terms with it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “But I think perhaps I was too hasty. You met my terms too quickly,” he added. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Is it my fault, she asks Theo, that you and Dries are no longer on good terms? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He himself had mentioned John Kwang as a part of that vanguard, though his implication was then cast only in terms of succession. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z North Korea announced a new policy of harsh punishment for illegal border crossings, with prison terms of up to five years. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Scientists usually describe the distance between two pitches in terms of the difference between their frequencies35 . Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Nowadays the great unsolved problems in mathematics are stated in terms of conjectures that mathematicians are unable to prove. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In trying to come to terms with Rosy, Maurice made a very bad bargain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The two Polish Annas surely had clear notions of what they loved and hated, but like the rest of us, they were limited in terms of vocabulary, and this made them appear less than sophisticated. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His request of Bobby was couched in cordial, nonpleading terms, but Bobby heartlessly never answered him, and Lombardy stepped in to do the job. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The point is that the peroration shapes the impression— intellectually, yes, but above all in terms of emotion or tone— with which the audience comes away from your speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Each of us was talented in his own way, and we both hated twelve-year-old males, a demographic group second to none in terms of cruelty. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They thought they knew cold, but the white north had a way of forcing strangers to reevaluate their terms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Since limits are logically airtight, by defining a derivative in terms of limits, it becomes airtight as well—and puts calculus on a solid foundation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With the rise of Darwinian theory, explanations were recast in terms of natural selection and of evolutionary descent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Good cover story. Did you call it needle phobia or aichmophobia? Because both terms can be used to describe the extreme fear of medical procedures involving injections.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In the 1920s, scientists were just beginning to understand living systems in chemical terms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Actually it only served to widen it, primarily because of the terms of the new law covering fugitive slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Another way of making this argument is in terms of Popper’s three worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Now I needed to understand how the great gatekeepers of history had come to terms with their own ignorance and partiality. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The boy belonged on his own list—but what were its terms? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In terms of notation, Kodály’s exercises do not have to use the regular musical staff. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had gained the idea from Professor Slughorn, the teacher with whom he was on best terms, who had demonstrated how influential a role a teacher can play. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He had been in Paris when the first terms of the peace treaty were settled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Though our forces were not victorious, we quietly celebrated the fact that our MK cadres had engaged the enemy in combat on their own terms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Janna, I know your number one concern is privacy. What if I make a promise that nothing will change in terms of that. I’ll treat your space as a separate room. Completely.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He was longing for peace but on his own terms. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z But the more historically correct reality was that no one quite knew what the Republican triumph meant in positive terms for the national government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Rush set the terms for what became a high-stakes game of honesty by proposing that they dispense with the usual topics and report to each other on their respective dreams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Drug forfeiture laws are frequently used to allow those with assets to buy their freedom, while drug users and small-time dealers with few assets to trade are subjected to lengthy prison terms. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z York might be young and untested, but as Ernest’s designated director, his managerial authority would be, at least in formal terms, indisputable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Not well enough. He and Charles are on fairly good terms, but we can’t find him, either.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You violated the terms of our peace agreement,” he says gently. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A majority of art is initially conceived in terms of contour line. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The rent was fifty-five rupees a month—about a dollar in today’s terms, but a colossal fortune for her family. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So classical atomism, as revised and reconstructed in the seventeenth century by Gassendi, Descartes and others, explained nature in terms of interacting particles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I thought I’d come to terms with 12’s demise— heard of it, seen it from the air, and wandered through its ashes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In October, Joe published a paper in which he wrote that negotiations with the government were not armistice talks in which we could dictate terms to a defeated enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents didn't have life insurance, or much in terms of a savings account. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Other terms seem to be introduced with no rationale other than that they look impressive when printed in boldface type inside a little box in the middle of the page. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In scholastic terms this was a debate over the reliability of a posteriori reasoning; in our terms it is a debate over the evidence of things, or over Evidence-Indices. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One thing about the people at the Chthonian, they all seemed able to say just what they felt and meant in hard, clear terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not terribly late, the night is fairly young in circus terms, but the silence is already heavy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wished that Ella and I had been on better terms so that I could try to describe to her how I felt. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Every week we interviewed old women who brewed African beer as a way to supplement their tiny incomes, who now faced jail terms and fines they could not afford to pay. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Kapasi had never thought of his job in such complimentary terms. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Jealousy rose in me like a pain as I heard them talking terms. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Bunny doesn’t think of it in those terms,” he said wearily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We refer to it with catch-all terms, like crazy or chronic pain, terms that both ostracize and minimize. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z This gushing adoration cannot be dismissed merely as local boosterism; black newspapers across the South described the town in much the same terms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z If it catches you in the wrong frame of mind, the King James Bible can make you want to drink poison in no uncertain terms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They feel like a crescendo, but they don’t necessarily seem to add up to one in terms of meaning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The corset was all they needed in terms of an aphrodisiac, and it remained for my grandfather the singular erotic emblem of his life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The opposite, actually—since Tucker and I were no longer on speaking terms, Miles was the easiest person to be around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She had opinions, and if you dealt with her, you would deal with those opinions in no uncertain terms. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They didn’t see the world in Cold War terms. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After having made a few preparatory experiments, he concluded with a panegyric upon modern chemistry, the terms of which I shall never forget: Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if there’s a word that means the same as “bright” in terms of hearing, but I wish I knew one, because my ears were hearing brightly now. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I wondered what the silence was in weather terms. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “In terms of the scientific literature, you are correct.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As time passed, however, even sober men and women began to think of him in less-than-rational terms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Having been in the house, I could well believe him; but if he knew what I know, he would, I think, have raised his terms. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Your American terms are so quaint, so expressive,” he said. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Hall’s easygoing facade masked an intense desire to succeed—which he defined in the fairly simple terms of getting as many clients as possible to the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think of my brothers in terms of close or not close—we just are. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I don’t hate much in life, but me and that dress is not on good terms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In terms of mutual respect and admiration, their six children had been nothing more than a failed experiment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We were not to be released at all, but rearrested under the terms of what we only then discovered was a State of Emergency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I would explain to Makgatho in the simplest terms how the black man was persecuted by the white man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The US Army’s Jupiter-C missile had been tested successfully on several occasions, and the Americans were ahead of the Russians in terms of the systems that guided missiles on their trajectories into space. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In terms of reason, it was strange only because I found it so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z While the meeting was not a breakthrough in terms of negotiations, it was one in another sense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But though Netscape may have been only a shooting star in commercial terms, what a star it was, and what a trail it left. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Knowing three of the terms in the equation above, he was then in a position to calculate the final term, the circumference of the earth. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Dealing with this system on its own terms is complicated by the problem of denial. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Plutarch tries to lay it out in simple terms for me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Those were the only two trading terms she had learned. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z These have been dealt with, when they have been dealt with at all, out of necessity—and in political terms, anyway, necessity means concessions made in order to stay on top. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “He’ll yield before the sun goes down. I mean to offer him terms and accept him back into the king’s peace.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Johnny had been told off to carry letters for the British officers, to keep on good terms with their grooms and stable boys over at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Schafer coined the terms keynote, soundmark, and sound signal to distinguish between different types of sounds, their connections to the environment, and our perception of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We were on good terms with Mr. Richards, the landlord, so even if we had to have him come back the next week for the rent, he didn’t mind. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z That History used the back verandah to negotiate its terms and collect its dues. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps it is time we talked of terms.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But in terms of the center’s computing operations, Dorothy’s pool now existed on the periphery. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In terms of the song itself, explore the meaning of the music itself apart from the lyrics—sing the melody of the song on a neutral syllable. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to live my life on her terms. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z While this may have been scary news in terms of Medicare and Social Security, the average American had little to fear from the growing horde of oldsters. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Only when agriculture came into practice—and that’s not very long ago in terms of the whole history—did a place achieve meaning and value and permanence. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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