| 单词 | minor |
| 例句 | I aced all of my general education classes, which was a minor miracle given how I’d sit in lectures and think of the soft hook of Soraya’s nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But all these were minor league teams that played only in local and regional contests. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was always something, some minor thing that would infuriate him, because no matter what she did to please him, no matter how thoroughly she submitted to his wants and demands, it wasn’t enough. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Otto exacted a minor revenge by eating the two he could catch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The way her father washed his manicured hands was a minor miracle in itself. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The compartments had the disadvantage of being underground, the clothing was identical, and the food was relatively tasteless, but for the refugees of 12, these were minor considerations. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He struck a minor chord, looked into the eyes of his oldest child and smiled a crooked smile. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The infamous tangle of narrow streets and minor waterways known as the Barrel was bracketed by two major canals, East Stave and West Stave, each catering to a particular clientele. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even if the analysis is limited to felonies—thus excluding extremely minor crimes and misdemeanors—nonviolent offenses predominate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Some years earlier John Senior had conducted with Mr. Clutter a minor business transaction, the outcome of which angered John Senior, who felt that Clutter had thrown him “a queer ball.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If not, T can play clips from other songs or have them sing other short songs to reinforce the concepts of major and minor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The twisting streets were full of demigods and nature spirits and minor godlings bustling about, riding chariots or sedan chairs carried by Cyclopes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the early 1980s, the South African government began making minor reforms in an attempt to quell international protest over the atrocities and human rights abuses of apartheid. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z ‘Forty-eight hours, but usually sooner. But from the word go, we take the disappearance of minors very seriously. That’s why I’m here.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was one minor detail I left out every time I told the story of how my parents met. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A flood of mentally ill people headed to prison for minor offenses and drug crimes or simply for behaviors their communities were unwilling to tolerate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If such a minor scrape from Celestial bronze took so long to heal, Piper wondered how he’d ever get over the Imperial gold wound in his gut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z What are the relative majors of the minor keys in Figure 4.18? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He had gone home for some minor matter on the night that Mr, Brown unleashed the storm, and Fernanda tried to help him with a half-blown-out umbrella that she found in a closet. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He terrorized kids at their school for minor messes; now he was the minor mess. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z C minor is the relative minor of E flat major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z All eight pardoned prisoners were either women or minors! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds farfetched, but like a roast forsaken in the oven or a rescheduled dental appointment, childbirth is one of those minor details that tends to slip the minds of most soap opera characters. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I moved a finger and the chord went minor in a way that always sounded to me as if the lute were saying sad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There may be a few little faults in the plumbing and minor discrepancies among the staff, but I’m very confident of my service. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That minor mystery put to rest, Auri and I began a meticulous investigation of Billows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Which meant I could talk about anticyclones and minor depressions but not major storm systems or global warming. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was not there to be entertained with the vacillations of a minor Victorian esthete. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He thinks of little cruelties, small slights, minor snubs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Chagrined by his minor muddle, Beowulf cast a nervous glance toward Penelope, who nodded reassuringly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The 251-day trip to Mars was uneventful, needing only two minor course adjustments. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Allowing the police to use minor traffic violations as a pretext for baseless drug investigations would permit them to single out anyone for a drug investigation without any evidence of illegal drug activity whatsoever. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “None with whom the Picketts have a good relationship. Davis has been declared an emancipated minor by the state and is his brother’s legal guardian.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As they drew nearer, an odd rattling noise reached their ears, punctuated by what sounded like minor explosions. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This may all seem minor, but it's awesome. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “The shortness of the handle is a minor, cosmetic problem,” said Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The music starts up again, a long, trembling minor chord. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z We have seen, in this book, how a number of relatively minor changes in our external environment can have a dramatic effect on how we behave and who we are. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no, and again no! That is an explanation that will not hold water. It is deficient in a dozen minor points. The crime was not committed so—M. Poirot must know that perfectly well.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Plane crashes are much more likely to be the result of an accumulation of minor difficulties and seemingly trivial malfunctions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Lyons argued that, as a black man, he had good reason to fear he would be stopped by the police for a minor traffic violation and subjected to a chokehold again. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Hannah is a minor character, illustrated for the first time on page twelve or thirteen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 The Irish Justice of the Stockyards District Police Court, with jurisdiction over minor crimes in that neighborhood, dismissed more than eighty percent of claims brought against strikers accused of violent attacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The three chords in question can be expressed as the numbers I, IV and V because they are the triads that belong to the first, fourth and fifth notes of the major or minor scale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Clocks waiting only for final coats of varnish or other minor details. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I was also surprised to hear that only a dozen kids were treated at the Tangerine County Medical Center, and all for minor injuries. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Label the half steps and whole steps of the A minor scale. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z When this was finally done, they found several unacceptable contacts that could not be overcome by minor jiggling. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Frank saw plenty of minor injuries—some burns, broken bones, black eyes, cuts and gashes, plus a lot of very interesting hairdos from fires and exploding water cannons—but nothing that couldn’t be fixed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two or three minor feathers drifted softly in a moonbeam toward the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave her hairnet a minor and needless adjustment. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Or it could be as minor as a kick bruise. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I understand the demanding schedule of minor league baseball, but I also realize that I might not get a second chance to sign if I go to college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Despite a minor explosion while we mixed her dyspepsia elixir, the parcels turned out beautifully, each wrapped in red-white-and-blue gingham, and I am sure they will be received with great appreciation. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z His rebellions, minor as they were, had all been in the company of, or shared with, Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no, dear boy. You exaggerate. A minor parable at most. Besides, I fear it is a trifle optimistic.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d paid a lot more than an eye, but the minor gods would finally get the respect they deserved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It sounds sad the second time, as if he shifted to a minor key. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The recruits were to commit "minor sabotage of a nuisance nature," to prey on America's fear and provoke prejudice against any person possibly connected to Germany, Japan, and Italy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z But Ptolemy and his followers had assumed that measurements could be regarded as approximations: in practice, there were bound to be minor discrepancies between theoretical predictions and actual measurements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He found a job working twenty to thirty hours per week, earning $8.50 an hour, for the Salt Lake Bees, a minor league baseball team. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The pattern for the minor scale starts a half step plus a whole step lower than the major scale pattern, so a relative minor is always three half steps lower than its relative major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The drinks are all alcohol-free, which makes sense since dying isn’t an excuse to sell alcohol to minors. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It seemed a minor miracle he didn’t tip over with each step. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I do not think life anywhere else would look very much like a reptile, or an insect or a human— even with such minor cosmetic adjustments as green skin, pointy ears and antennae. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After the decision, there had been an uptick in minor harassment of Muslims in the area, and Kathy was aware of the invitation she was providing in going out in her hijab. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But these personal upheavals were minor compared with the hornets’ nest soon to be stirred by Galileo’s new scientific discoveries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He leaves friend trouble and “minor emotional sprains” to Mom. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I enjoy pestering the girls in this minor, trivial way: it shows I am not like them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The first of the month was always the busiest time, but there were more than enough minor jobs and unhappy marriages to pull us through. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Whether the interval is minor, major, or perfect will take care of itself if the correct key signature has been chosen. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z ‘You’re really going to try building shrines for all the minor gods?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As Captain Brannon stood in front of Bull’s desk awaiting instructions, Bull thought that it was one of God’s minor vices that such an admirable physical specimen was such a mediocre pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus only minor modifications were necessary in our backbone configuration. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z In fact, the differences in sound between a major key and a minor key is one of the first differences that a musician should be able to hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I don't know how, but that's a minor detail right now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then, because I’m a minor, my folks had to fill out paperwork so that I could be signed over and returned to their custody. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ultimately these setbacks proved to be minor ones for Burnham and Root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A “major key” music piece communicates cheer, while a “minor key” mirrors grief. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The last thing I needed to hear that day was the story of my sister’s life, in which I, her twin, was allowed a very minor role. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The whistle blares intermittently in a minor key. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She had no understanding of her husband’s work and, having been raised among the minor rural gentry, she despised his impecunious profession. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We would exchange remedies and try to outdo each other in the recital of our physical miseries; gently we would complain, our voices soft and minor key and mournful as pigeons in the eaves troughs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “A minor technicality,” said Shelly, “for a weasel like him. Have a seat, Noah.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The expectations for music in a minor key are a little different than for music in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z When he began to scratch off a minor skin eruption on his calf with his fingernail, she stopped watching. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Someone—probably Madoc, possibly Balekin, maybe even one of the other minor kings or queens—could squat there like a spider, consolidating power. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The typical black bear-inflicted injury,” he writes blandly, “is minor and usually involves only a few scratches or light bites.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z As it turns out, though, betrayal can also breed penitents, shrewd minor politicians, and ghosts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though they have the same key signature, a minor key and its relative major sound very different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z To go into a vast building full of beautiful clothes, where people let you try them on, where you looked at yourself in minors...And the clothes were so pretty…. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But aside from these minor details, we looked more or less identical. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z These sentences were imposed pursuant to California’s controversial three strikes law, which mandates a sentence of twenty-five years to life for recidivists convicted of a third felony, no matter how minor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “We're breaking most of these rules. No pets. No minors. Shower before entering. Swimwear only.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He tried to maintain his usual breezy mien, but it often cracked, producing outbursts of temper over even minor problems. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable only by gentle chastisement. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z A minor sadness crept into his face, and he buried it in a smile. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Which gave him great joy except for one minor consideration: the barking came from underneath the ground in an alfalfa field where a thousand graceful, noisy birds called killdeer were nesting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few other minor crops made the trip later, including tobacco, domesticated in Amazonia, then exported north to become the favorite vice of Indians from Mesoamerica to Maine. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Figure 6.20: Tune in C minor too low for some sopranos voices. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps the self- righteous Trotter would be put into jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Figure 4.44: The major key for each key signature is shown as a capital letter; the minor key as a small letter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The resulting backbone would have to show minor in- and-out buckles depending upon whether pairs of purines or pyrimidines were in the center. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Since Claudette was still a legal minor, one of her parents would have to file the lawsuit on her behalf. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z After suggesting a minor stylistic alteration, he enthusiastically expressed his willingness to post it to Nature with a strong covering letter. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The roar that followed made Hades’s earthquake look like a minor event. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then, the wave of politically strategic invites chosen by the press team, and lastly, the fashionably late—minor to mid-range pop stars, teen soap actors, children of major celebrities. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Art is what you can get away with, said somebody or other, which makes it sound like shoplifting or some other minor crime. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hooks had reminded him to tell his story methodically, to pay attention to those minor details that might seem to him irrelevant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His theories on social poise, although requiring some minor revision as the family grew larger, were constant to the extent that they hinged on unaffectation. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Because African Americans and Latinos are targeted by police in the War on Drugs, it is far more likely that they will be arrested for minor, nonviolent crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Just a few minor details about the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “We take care of unaccompanied minors,” she says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z These minor obstacles leave room for excuses not to make exercise a priority. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I took a minor sip, and as soon as I swallowed, I felt my body rejecting the stinging syrup of it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z An hour later, after a minor shopping spree, Maniac had clothes of his own. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But sometimes the ability to omit an agent comes in handy because the minor characters in the story are a distraction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And if you don’t have some feeling for probabilities, automobile accidents might seem a relatively minor problem of local travel, whereas being killed by terrorists might seem to be a major risk when going overseas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the United States, public housing agencies have adopted exclusionary policies that deny eligibility to applicants even with the most minor criminal backgrounds. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He told me he was sorry but it was really a minor detail. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The parents of a black teenager who had been shot and killed by police told me that their son had been stopped for a minor traffic violation after running a red light. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He struck the minor chord again; held it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I also like songs in minor keys—they’re sad and deep and take me to a mountaintop someplace. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “This is the physical and psychological intimidation of minors—not even martial law allows that!” she yells. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In other words, police officers use minor traffic violations as an excuse—a pretext—to search for drugs, even though there is not a shred of evidence suggesting the motorist is violating drug laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I heard one of the young men tell another that he knew I’d been an actress, in fact, he thought he remembered seeing me at one of the minor theaters. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the more commonly used scales that are not major or minor are introduced here. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z John Coleus had a minor medical condition that required surgery. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I am referring, after all, to a series of very minor errors on my part and the course I am now pursuing is merely a means of preempting any 'problems' before one arises. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z So, you see, even these minor distinctions felt like petty theft. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It is easy to predict where the relative minor of a major key can be found. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I’m his mother, and he’s a minor. What can I do for you, Officers?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Approximately 75 to 80 percent of incarcerated women are mothers with minor children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In fact, most musicians, and even many non-musicians, can distinguish major and minor keys just by listening to the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Young lady,” the officer called out, “you’re a minor — we will get you out of here, even if it means arresting you.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Some people tried to do swaps and deals in the hall; and others tried to make off with minor items not addressed to them, or with anything that seemed unwanted or unwatched. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Everything was difficult and odd, and the theme songs all had minor chords. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Drugs injure a man’s thinking. The leg is minor. Sir?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Determining internal inconsistencies such as these is one of the minor pleasures of numeracy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a minor piece of luck, but I was glad for whatever I could get at this point. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Because of this, most traditional and popular Western music uses major or minor scales rather than the chromatic or whole tone scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Rewrite each scale from Figure 4.18 as an ascending harmonic minor scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Trick knees and punctured eardrums were minor complaints and not yet disabilities which would separate a few from the fate of the rest. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re like movies I edit and embroider and watch over and over again, regularly recasting the villains and updating the minor details. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “In exchange, she swore to me that one day I would tip the balance of power. I would bring the minor gods respect. An eye was a small price to pay.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Check to see whether the major or minor chords are emphasized overall. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The diminished seventh is one half step below the minor seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In this case, the scales used are the same as the medieval church modes, but they do not have a reciting tone and are used much more like modern major and minor scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They may also be held in detention for a minor offense, without bail, for months or more during investigation and legal proceedings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Tandoori, Harrison, and Hugo are all minors. You had no right to interrogate them without a parent or guardian ad litem present.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Her quest for Everest had turned into a minor cause celebre in Japan. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The harmonic minor scale raises the seventh note of the scale by one half step, whether you are going up or down the scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It would not have been difficult to mistake any of them for minor clan members, cousins perhaps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Fifty years ago, illegal immigration was a minor problem. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “There ought to have been some guardian, or such-like, whiles you was a minor. Some lawyer, maybe. As to the first letter of that lawyer’s name now. Would it be J?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Then it became more subtle, minor disturbances :— a broken branch, a ring of flattened leaves — that I had to piece together to find a direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t walk halfway across Tartarus to be told what’s impossible by some minor goddess.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Because minors didn’t have to pay, he announced that he would take me with him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As usual, though, the higher-ups couldn’t leave well enough alone, and one afternoon an Army dentist was choppered in to check our teeth and do minor repair work. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t laugh at that and I feel I can claim a minor victory. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Sunday I at last move into the Blue Haven, so pleased to be out of the 6 that the shortcomings of my new home seem minor, even, at first, endearing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The issue concerned a minor matter of etiquette: How should the president be addressed by members of Congress? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Miss Preston was convinced that the best way to correct minor misconduct was a little drudgery, and housework was the pinnacle of drudge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Soraya and I settled into the routines—and minor wonders— of married life. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When I was young, Metias was sometimes called away to deal with minor rebellions, and afterward he’d tell me about them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Commercial jetliners, minor glints and distant hum, took years to cross the sky. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it seems the other tributes were just minor obstacles, distractions, keeping us from the real battle of the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There are two other kinds of minor scales that are commonly used, both of which include notes that are not in the key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z "And remember," added Anderson, "this was a relatively minor event. Do you know how many extinctions were associated with the Manson impact?" A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z What Olmsted wanted were “minor incidents...of a less evidently prepared character; less formal, more apparently spontaneous and incidental.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Very minor things,” she says, waving her bracelet and rings dismissively, which means less minor than she says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Both ymbrynes had sustained minor injuries: Miss Peregrine’s feathers were everywhere, and Miss Wren had a long, bloody scratch running down one side of her face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z One of the most useful of these is the scale based on the dorian mode, which is often called the dorian minor, since it has a basically minor sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Who among us would not be tempted to lie if it was the only way to avoid a forty-year sentence for a minor drug crime? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “And all teenage boys are human beings. That is my minor premise, controversial though it may be. And if my major and minor premises are so, sir, what is your conclusion?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Inversions of major intervals are minor, and inversions of minor intervals are major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The modal sound did not disappear completely after it had been supplanted by the major and minor keys. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “True. But I’m a minor,” I point out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Sad little nonsense letters about minor troubles, her husband’s job and who the children favored. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But the infection was minor and, since Otto was eating well by that point, we got through it by Monday. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The white clothes made him look timeless and a little unreal, like one of the minor gods on Mount Olympus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Smith then shipped him down to Cincinnati’s River Downs, where the horse narrowly missed winning two more minor stakes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I find I have a minor, ambiguous reputation, from the show in Toronto, and I am invited to parties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This means the substituted chord is the relative minor of the tonic chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Some of them nurse minor wounds or brush gravel from their clothes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “She’ll either grow out of it or learn to control it. It’s a minor issue.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I sent out members to mingle with crowds and try to discourage any further violence and sent an open letter to all the press denouncing them for "distorting" and inflating minor incidents. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If the final chord is the tonic of either the major or minor key for that key signature, you have almost certainly identified the key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But my illnesses have been minor and not life-threatening. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A minor groundswell sounded behind the shower curtain, as though a rather delinquent porpoise were suddenly at play. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Years later I found out I had sustained minor fractures to both feet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The consequences for minor offenses like being late to class or not participating were stupid—they wanted me to write an essay—so I took another day off school and Bingo! Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Or she does remember them, but in a minor way, as if remembering a game, or a single prank, a single trivial secret, of the kind girls tell and then forget. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t too hard to do if you know how, and Moira had mechanical ability, she used to fix her own car, the minor things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I have some flexible plastic tubing intended for minor water reclaimer repairs. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The only minor distraction was Holly Deblin, the new girl, asking if she could go to the sick bay for a bit. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I bear bad news, my friends. Evil news. The minor gods are changing sides. Morpheus has gone over to the enemy. Hecate, Janus, and Nemesis, as well. Zeus knows how many more.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "By MoMo? Why would he invite you, a minor, to his party, Ali?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Music in minor keys has a different sound and emotional feel, and develops differently harmonically. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was only a minor work, sir.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the bandages were gone, and all they saw were some minor bruises. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Delores only taught her about the different scales, the major and minor chords, the values of the notes, and such beginning rules as those. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At first glance, the wound appeared to be minor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Concerning this, it should be noted that men must be either caressed or wiped out; because they will avenge minor injuries, but cannot do so for grave ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “A minor technicality,” said Shelly, “for a weasel like him. Have a seat, Noah.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Manny Givens managed about six fighters, all of them fighting in minor fights, only a few of them still hoping for the big time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Because major scales always follow the same pattern, the pattern of major and minor chords is also the same in any major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She laughs, her throaty cry intermingling in a weird duet with minor hyperventilation. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Less than two weeks before departing for Nepal he had undergone minor throat surgery, leaving his trachea in an extremely sensitive condition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Millions of fans diligently followed their crews’ progress throughout the training and racing seasons, particularly in the East, where something as minor as a coxswain’s sore throat could make headlines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Someone had seen fit to treat all my recent injuries no manner how minor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His sons and daughters lined up like a squad, shiny as new dimes, performed their minor functions well. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He took factory jobs and minor civil service positions and eventually became a bouncer in a bar on Long Island, which was his principal occupation for much of his adult years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I was merely along for the ride—very precariously, as it turned out—which reminded me once again how really minor man can be when it comes to competing for space and time and food. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z One minor modification that readers will already have noticed is that the Semitic and Greek g became the Roman and English c, while the Romans invented a new g in its present position. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z An accident, reported in the press, had caused Trude minor injuries. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The general laughed like a man used to attending formal parties where he’d laughed on cue at the minor jokes of important people. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Whenever we siblings got into a minor altercation, I can remember it was never Pesza's fault, even though it might have been. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I count about one hundred and thirty men, Lawrence. Forty to fifty already dead, about ninety wounded. Lot of boys walking around with minor stuff, one hundred thirty for the hospital.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They lose their jobs if they get caught selling to a minor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z One time he dozed for ten minutes before startling, and that was the night’s one minor victory. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When Shorty let me stand up and see in the minor, my hair hung down in limp, damp strings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Spanish conquest of the Incas, guns played only a minor role. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If that is magic, it is minor magic, on the order of card tricks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1667, Newton was elected to a minor Fellowship at Trinity, which would automatically become a major Fellowship when he became an MA in 1668. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The relatives there can send it on to the remaining aunts and their children and, after a good harvest, to the children and grandchildren of my grandfather’s two minor wives. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: The type of interval or chord — major, minor, diminished, etc., is not important when you are determining the position of the chord. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They stood this way for some time, none of them crying out to Mr. Smith, all of them preoccupied with one or the other of the minor events about them, until the hospital people came. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Her 16-year-old sister, Violet, a passenger in the vehicle, sustained only minor injuries. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z What would have been a minor fizzle in Earth's atmosphere became an uncontrolled conflagration in the container's pure oxygen environment. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This period of control may last a lifetime, even for those convicted of extremely minor, nonviolent offenses, but the vast majority of those swept into the system are eventually released. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was more apt to sulk these days, to fault her cooking, to complain about clutter around the yard or point out even minor uncleanliness in the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To them I was incidental, their kindness to me casual and minor; I’m sure they didn’t give it a second thought, or have any idea of what it meant. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her mother had been wrong about one thing: Missing school orientation was not a minor thing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “It was a minor disagreement, maybe. But nothing serious enough for you to be having a panic attack.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Religious slurs, temper tantrums, insults, coercion, debt: all petty things, really, irritants—too minor, it would seem, to move five reasonable people to murder. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This is so, even when they have been imprisoned for minor offenses, such as possession and sale of a small amount of drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The minor interval is always a half-step smaller than the major interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z His eyes widened, like Fd committed some minor betrayal, and he pushed the bundle out of his mouth with his tongue. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I know a great many such minor tricks now, involving objects and gadgets and the rearrangement of space, that I didn’t need to know before. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A few minor gods and nature spirits had tried to stop Kronos. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Figure 5.27: Take care to use the correct third and seventh — dominant, major, or minor — with extended chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Then, bending over close to the minor, peeking over his glasses, he inspected his head. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My flash burns were minor but incessantly painful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As long as your key signature is correct, you do not have to worry about whether an interval is major, minor, or perfect. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But they were mostly quirks, discrepancies, most of them so minor that it will perhaps show you how little reason I had to imagine that anything was wrong. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After two days of minor irritation, a full-scale epidermal breakdown is under way. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the survivors, four had broken bones; the other five just minor injuries. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Their injuries turned out to be relatively minor, but still I’d felt no pleasure witnessing their misfortune. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "On my flight out of Atlanta, there were seven unaccompanied minors," I said. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There is only one minor mishap of sorts, one unexpected occurrence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The harmless shimmy, caused by a minor fuel mixture imbalance, rattled the payload. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z British Bulldogs was aborted 'cause Tom Yew's a minor legend in Black Swan Green. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z There were a few moments of minor relapses, like when I told her I had never belonged to the Latin Club, but on the whole she took things better than I thought she would. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He was only rated as a minor sort of officer. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Write the minor chord for each root given. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At the time, the ungrammatical and somehow provocative use of “like” instead of “as” created a minor sensation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He details my various injuries: hairline fracture in my left elbow, a deep contusion in my thigh, and various other minor bruises and scrapes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Figure 6.31: Moving tune up to E minor puts it in a better key for sopranos. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z More kept appearing: dozens of demons and minor gods, each one the spawn of Night. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An interval that is a half-step smaller than a perfect or a minor interval is called diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But the same little notch must be used for divisions between branches of every size, whether it’s the end of a minor digression, the end of a major summation, or anything in between. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A minor godling spotted us from a balcony and ducked inside, closing his shutters. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Pah! Such a fuss over a few minor scratches,” she grumbled. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In the same way, all minor keys are so alike that music can easily be transposed from one minor key to another. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Heck no. I’m a minor. I got plenty of people keeping tabs on me.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Thankfully my injured thumb was on my chording hand, where it would be a relatively minor inconvenience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Doctors no longer turn up their noses at the poorer patients, but at those with minor illnesses. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Look, Ross is a minor street agitator. Forget him. And in two weeks he’d be no issue at all.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Finch said, “Remember the minor women poets?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The medical personnel were trained to handle drug overdoses and minor injuries, and knew very little about cerebral palsy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Yet these were only minor cities in their day, whereas London was the greatest commercial capital the world had ever seen. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “The bad news is you have to have a litde operation. Very minor. ‘Operation’ isn’t really the right word. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the road there was time for minor adjustments. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I sat at the computer, my eyes closed, elbows against the desk, and listened to a voice singing in a minor key. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Music that is in a minor key is sometimes described as sounding more solemn, sad, mysterious, or ominous than music that is in a major key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If only she would learn some theory, she would understand how her supposed antihelical features arose from the minor distortions needed to pack regular helices into a crystalline lattice. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Don’t listen if the minor wife talks to you. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He would run in two more minor races, winning both, then go on to become one of the breed’s great sires. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If the final chord is not the tonic of either the major or the minor key for that key signature, there are two possibilities. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z C minor and E flat major start on different notes, but have the same key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Although the public was told that Roosevelt’s injuries were minor—a slight bruising—in reality, his left leg was severely bruised. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They contain only the notes in the minor key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Enigma operators were supposed to change their machine settings daily, plus make other minor changes for each message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But at this point, with only minor victories for the rebels, a cease-fire could only result in a return to our previous status. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The Childcare specialists were trained very carefully in the discipline methods: a quick smack across the hands for a bit of minor misbehavior; three sharper smacks on the bare legs for a second offense. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Getting through the door only causes me minor heart palpitations this time. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It is not uncommon for people to receive prison sentences of more than fifty years for minor crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It worked—a minor avalanche of rocks rained onto the street below. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z All of the scales above are natural minor scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Every minor spell he had cast with it so far that day had seemed less powerful than those he had produced with his phoenix wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But for this show, he had to go into the studio twice to play two minor roles as announcers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z So they were overwhelmingly solo practitioners, handling wills and divorces and contracts and minor disputes, and in the Depression the work of the solo practitioner all but disappeared. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And so-called honor killings were still viewed as minor crimes in Sharia courts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Tonight the dispatcher was reporting a couple of minor fender benders and a local boy who went missing on his bicycle during the electrical storm. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And it looked like Deborah’s son Alfred was taking the same path as his uncles: by the age of eighteen, he’d already been arrested several times for minor offenses, like breaking and entering. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But now they were going to hold Jeremiah for years as a minor just so they could legally execute him when he came of age. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The minor seventh is one half step below the major seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Pocock wrote back with a long, detailed technical explanation of his design and proposed a few minor modifications that he thought might mollify Ebright without compromising the integrity of the shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She is sorry to wake me, I can see, but that sorrow is a minor part of a much larger sadness. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Topping the list was pneumonia, which was suspected with every minor cough. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A few days before, he had had a “minor” surgery to correct a previous surgery to make his lower eyelids less droopy, and now it had become infected. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I wiped my eye—a minor containment breach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Notice in particular the relationship of the altered notes in the harmonic, melodic, and dorian minors. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Shouldn’t we applaud any effort, regardless of how minor or manipulative, that makes even one child safer? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t spend ten or twelve hours a day studying chess and another six to eight hours on Bible studies; and the constant surfacing of impure thoughts and other minor sins was plaguing him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I was so raw from repeated exposure to cruelty that now even the most minor abrasions left a mark. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Someone with some decency grab that juvenile delinquent. That filthy little minor. Where is his respect? That little guttersnipe must be lashed until he collapses!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: In case you are curious, the size of the whole tone of the "mean tone" system is also the mean, or average, of the major and minor whole tones. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The storm, and the resulting minor earthquakes, did not perturb the meerkats in the least. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A major third could be written as a diminished fourth, for example, or a minor second as an augmented prime. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The Court ruled that the police are free to use minor traffic violations as a pretext to conduct drug investigations, even when there is no evidence of illegal drug activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My fear of the Career pack is minor compared to my burning thirst. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z You'll find that although the chords change from one key to the next, the pattern of major and minor chords is always the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z All those stars millions of light years away shilling down on me—me glued to a minor planet spinning around its own gigantic sum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Clark? Well, to be honest, he’s a minor figure.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The lieu-tenant blathered on about major versus minor offenses, the need to make judgments, and so on, apparently expecting me to say, “Oh, I get it!” and withdraw from his office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Führer owes his life to “Divine Providence”: he escaped, unfortunately, with only a few minor burns and scratches. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Peña: two adults, two minors. Nice to meet you. I’m Ben, the children’s Monitor for the ship.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I know. It’s dramatic. But you are the very definition of a missing minor at this point.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Oh, but they were hardly minor to the chaser and the chasee who were dealing in the coin of life and death. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “You leave now and promise you won’t come back here again,” he tells me, “and I won’t have you arrested and sent to juvenile court for aiding a runaway minor.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “We're not supposed to be here. It says minors need to be accompanied by adults.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When Darwin returned to England after five years at sea, he was already a minor celebrity among natural historians. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z No, she was tired of being a minor lady, waiting to be married off to the highest bidder, tired of petty politics and easily manipulated fools. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The cables thrumming beneath the pavement struck a minor chord of suspense, and held it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He knew enough about Riddle to believe that the old owner would never subject his skittish colt to a five-day rail journey to race in what he viewed as the sport’s minor leagues. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It calls on that very minor power we can have over each other, that exercise of influence and duty which we know from our families, our fathers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At the very least some minor sexual manipulation, some bygone peccadillo now denied him, prohibited by law and punishable by amputation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Most Western tonal music is based on major and minor scales, both of which easily give that strongly tonal feeling. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Figure 6.15: Did you move the key down a minor third? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Major seconds and thirds are larger in Pythagorean intonation than in equal temperament, and minor seconds and thirds are smaller. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z One day in San Antonio, Texas, I noticed a minor commotion in the hallway of the military hospital I was visiting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I am a minor myself— the legal drinking age is twenty-one—but none of the waiters ever asks for my I.D. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s either a serious injury that never quite healed, or a minor but recent one. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The scale that is created by playing all the notes in a minor key signature is a natural minor scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z He followed by singing a haunting eulogy in a minor key. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Since Andrew and Isaac were still minors, social workers started getting involved. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z At the very least he could have voiced some minor disappointment. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z To wrest a draw from a former World Champion was neither small cheese nor minor chess, but Bobby was unhappy since he’d lost the match, 1½–½. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We’re only in eighth grade, but everyone knows she’s already picked out her first three college choices, her probable major and potential minor and the focus of her eventual graduate studies. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What would they become, and are these altered chords also likely to be used in the minor key? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z She sometimes did that to Baby when Baby got a minor scratch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My position in the household was a delicate one; I was a minor, an uninvited dependent, a blood relative who professed no salvation and whose soul stood in mortal peril. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Wells had written one previous book — Little Altars Everywhere — which had been a minor cult hit in and around her hometown of Seattle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I also chose to add a minor in Arabic. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If he got the angle wrong he’d likely break his leg, but that would be only a minor problem that could be dealt with, and then at least he would be inside the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If I could submerge her long enough, I could break the spell of the music Of course, Annabeth wouldn’t be able to breathe, but at the moment, that seemed like a minor problem. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He looks at me in a way that causes a minor cerebral hemorrhage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z For example, a bordun in C will include the two pitches C and G; in F, the F and C; in G the G and D; in d minor the d and a, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z "Magistrate," a third voice said, one that seemed a little kinder, "it is only a minor flaw. If we just dotted in the eyes, the dragon would be finished." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z A couple of minor squeaks, but nothing that would be detectable by human ears or hardware. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Before Christmas, we continued our preparations as if every action, every minor addition to our stores might make the difference between surviving, and not; after Christmas, we waited. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “We must watch the minor gods,” Hera said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They aren’t sure how to react—happy because I’m behaving, or angrier still that they have to be happy about such a minor thing as a kid who goes to class every day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Cayley is a minor but not insignificant figure in the history of science and technology; but there is no doubt that our sense of his significance derives entirely from hindsight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “COOSA LIQUORS’ entire business model is built around selling cigarettes to minors and alcohol to adults.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Where exactly can we find this minor god?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “What would you like?” he says, still with that lightness, as if it’s a money transaction merely, and a minor one at that: candy, cigarettes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Geez. Look at it this way. If you add our ages together, we're not minors; we're one adult. Freebie isn't a pet. He’s a hotel guest and family member. And I showered after basketball.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The posture of the body is important, here and now: minor discomforts are instructive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z You can begin practicing harmonic analysis by practicing identifying whether a piece is in the major key or in its relative minor. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I became a minor celebrity in the Afghan community. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The vast majority of those arrested are charged with relatively minor crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The mistress used to be kept in a minor house or apartment of her own, and now they’ve amalgamated things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My parents had mostly talked about minor changes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Later a minor epiphany was ours when we discovered that she had a dog tooth—a charming one to be sure—but a dog tooth nonetheless. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The other is for sociology with a minor concentration in women’s studies. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I soon saw the first flowers in the garden I had planned out with my own hand and that, with a few minor changes, is the same one that’s there today. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The injuries turned out to look worse than they were, just minor cuts from flying glass, thank the Lord. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She became anxious to please, and learned quickly that the minor qualifications she might have added would disrupt the process that she herself had set in train. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Someone’s cattle had gotten out and caused a minor car wreck. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The young physicist reddened, “We didn’t really want to do without the robots, sir, and besides we weren’t certain exactly how such...uh...minor complaints might be received.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I had the machinists make just one minor adjustment with Auk XXII-D, to shrink the size of its fins. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z However, towards the end of this period, comets entered Halley’s life for the first time, although at first only in a minor way. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But compared with going to the Deuce with Jimmy, those were minor offenses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I reckoned there must be a million minor dramas playing out around the place without ceasing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z His music, joyfully and abundantly at ease with the new major and minor key palette, was a gateway to the extraordinary creative possibilities opening up with the new system. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma shook her head as if the way Papa felt were just a minor eccentricity. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Figure 4.20: The C major and C minor scales start on the same note, but have different key signatures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Even the minor encumbrance of a bandage was a serious inconvenience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was exceedingly careful not to commit any minor traffic infraction. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Moreover, after tea I would show up for only a few minutes of minor fiddling before dashing away to have sherry with the girls at Pop’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It was taking care of all the minor mental details in your life. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Comparing this scale to the natural minor scale makes it easy to see why the dorian mode sounds minor; only one note is different. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The candle stood in front of a sheet of polished brass, which served as a minor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, we all thought it must have been a minor incident. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Jewish children were disproportionately targeted—forcibly examined by state doctors, labeled “genetically sick,” and exterminated, often on the most minor pretexts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Stiff punishment, indeed, for a minor drug offense—especially for his children, who are innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As a student, his work was confined to administrative tasks, record-keeping, and providing assistance in treatment, suturing, and other minor tasks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But all too soon Dustfinger told her to turn off along a minor road leading away from the coast, away from the sea and the brightly colored houses, and into the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Such a chord can be dominant, major, or minor; the performer must take care to play the correct third and seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A minor god, one of no importance, who perhaps helped me for my father’s sake. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z During the second, a Level Two drill meant for minor crises—such as a temporary quarantine while citizens were tested for contagion during a flu outbreak—we were supposed to return to our living quarters. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Seeing as your boy is so young, and El Jefe has been pardoning most minors . . .” He swilled his drink around so the ice tinkled against the glass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain was supposed to take a minor break, and so maybe his beach trip would be possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She’d also managed to direct the explosion of the icy sphere, so even though the ship had been pushed halfway across the Mediterranean, it had sustained relatively minor damage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Your mother made minor repairs each year. But now it must all be restored. This is your job.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z We apply potent antibiotics to minor scratches and seal them with plastic. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d wake up in about ten minutes with a bad headache and possibly a minor concussion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “One time he even knocked down a lady and swiped her purse. Mom made me promise not to tell. It’s supposed to be a secret, since Dana’s still a minor.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I tend to his minor wounds, the burns, the stings, which are showing improvement. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “A couple people in the waiting area have minor cuts from broken glass. Your mom was in a back exam room, so she’s unharmed.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was a minor confrontation, but the Tribune called it a riot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z By the second year of his training he began treating minor cases by himself, and from then onwards Kenny paid him a small wage, not regularly but as and when funds came his way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z One is that the music is not in a major or minor key! Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Three are in a major key and two in a minor key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Yet these were not minor theories: one was held by the best philosophers of the later Middle Ages; the other by the cleverest Copernicans of the late sixteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Eleanor Holm was twenty-two years old, beautiful, married, and a minor celebrity, having performed bit parts in several Warner Brothers movies. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Most are low-level, minor drug dealers—not “drug kingpins.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At the time, I was shocked to find women in prison for such minor offenses. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even of these several hundred crops, most provide minor supplements to our diet and would not by themselves have sufficed to support the rise of civilizations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ninth grade is a minor inconvenience to him. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Years later, when the tribe created its first court system, which adjudicated mostly minor crimes, he was elected one of the three judges. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The girl was extraordinarily lucky, Mariam thought, to escape with relatively minor injuries, considering the rocket had turned her house into smoking rubble. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Rewrite each scale from Figure 4.18 as an ascending and descending melodic minor scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The minor run-in with Dussel had several repercussions, for which he had only himself to blame. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The children were charming and well mannered; whatever minor quirks lingered from their unusual upbringing, the howling and drooling and so forth—these would soon fade. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I call them 'incidents' but some of these were extremely minor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The problem was relatively minor; Glenn smoothed it out by switching the system to manual, keeping the capsule in its correct position the same way he would have flown a plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Periods of want and hardship were not uncommon, child mortality was high, and an accident which would be minor today could easily become a death sentence. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the fact that most drug arrests are for nonviolent minor offenses, the War on Drugs has ushered in an era of unprecedented punitiveness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Then there was a minor nobleman, another musician, and a pretty young lady that I thought might be my Aloine until I heard her voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The prisoner’s dilemma owes its name to a scenario, formally identical to the one above, wherein two men suspected of a major crime are apprehended in the course of committing some minor offense. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Had the pad crew been given time to do normal inspections, they would have noticed the minor defect in one of the bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a cheap publication, aimed at minor gentlemen and farmers, the sort of thing that is used for lighting fires once it becomes obviously outdated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Well, I’m a minor, but one quarter of your life is spent as a minor; you might as well make the best of it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I caused a minor automobile collision; one driver stopped to gape at me, and the driver behind bumped into him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "The heroes are those who die. This was nothing—after it happened. A minor lesson in discipline. And do you know what discipline is, Brother Personal Responsibility? It's sacrifice, sacrifice, SACRIFICE!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like any minor scale, dorian minor may start on any note, but like dorian mode, it is often illustrated as natural notes beginning on d. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z All of these tantalizing clues make it likely that Jomon people were starting to practice some slash-and-burn agriculture, but it was evidently in a casual way that made only a minor contribution to their diet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But music that is in D minor will have a different quality, because the notes in the minor scale follow a different pattern and so have different relationships with each other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z With minor variations, it always went like this: I’m crouched in the corner of my grandfather’s bedroom, amber dusk-light retreating from the windows, pointing a pink plastic BB rifle at the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Any other employee would’ve been out the door a dozen minor infractions ago. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Some damage and some wounds, but all minor.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’m a minor, I know, but I’m sure Mother wouldn’t mind. Just this once.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In Western culture, we predominantly use the major and minor scales. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Nothing but a minor flesh wound,” Mom declared after studying the deep gash. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z What Townshend didn't know was that the first bullet grazed Garfield's upper right arm, leaving a minor flesh wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For despite how well he spoke, how perfectly he moved through the sounds of his words, I kept listening for the errant tone, the flag, the minor mistake that would tell of his original race. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For major and minor scales, there are seven notes; for pentatonic, five; for a chromatic scale, twelve. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Name the next three sharp minor keys, and the sharp that is added in each key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z But every once in a while, I’d have what Mom would call a “minor setback.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z But this is a minor point that is easily overcome. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Name the major and minor keys for each key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Having broken the main taboo, why should I hesitate over another one, something minor? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Jessie was a devotee of palm reading, one of the “minor superstitions” that was in vogue, along with seances, phrenology, and physiognomy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My student teacher had flown into a minor panic and had sent out a search party. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They stole from one another, of course, and enjoyed terrorizing one another, but their crimes were minor compared to those of people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But his insights were suppressed, his influence on history made minor. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I have three minor conditions,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Here is how it started: I woke up one morning with a minor headache. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z For many it seems inconceivable that, for a minor offense, you can be subjected to discrimination, scorn, and exclusion for the rest of your life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There had been one or two minor setbacks, but Cluny and his squad had finally made it up into the elm tree. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Every county in the Deep South had a Willoughby, each so like the other that they constituted a category called He, the Great Big Man, the Little Man, allowing for minor territorial differences. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Of course for some Everesters myriad other, less virtuous, motives came into play, as well: minor celebrity, career advancement, ego massage, ordinary bragging rights, filthy lucre. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if he saw that a major leaguer was here to play a season or two in the minors. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Papi went down for a trial visit, and a revolution broke out, a minor one, but still. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Lawrence arrived in Belgium only a few weeks after he engaged in a minor dustup with Rutherford, at long range, over the prospects for useful energy from the atomic nucleus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Figure 4.19: The interval patterns for major and natural minor scales are basically the same pattern starting at different points. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As Adams remembered it, Jefferson had played a decidedly minor role in the Continental Congress. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Of course, because I’m still a minor, I can’t sign anything without her permission. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z For 2,000 years those founder crops served only as minor dietary supplements while eastern U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Probably not. He doesn’t play well. Strictly minor league. He moves around a lot.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z After a few days of fun and education in Brussels, the Fischers were ready to leave, but not before a minor fracas occurred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A minor key is called the relative minor of the major key that has the same key signature. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z We spent the next period writing paragraphs about Zambia, choosing one minor subject. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Since he had begun to show up regularly at Hobie’s, he had found a minor addiction to the small talk among the regulars who drifted in after the grill opened after seven in the morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I met Lelia at a party given by an acquaintance of mine from college, a minor painter of landscapes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though he was thirteen, the judge condemned Ian for living in the streets, for not having good parental supervision, and for his multiple prior arrests for shoplifting and minor property crimes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z You're accompanying a soprano who feels that this folk tune in C minor is too low for her voice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z For at that moment there were two titanic, marrow- jolting explosions that grew upon themselves, followed by a half dozen minor concussions. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It stood in the center of the room, a minor feat of engineering of which Kote was rather proud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The strangest thing was that, except for a minor cough, I felt fine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it is fair to wonder why the police would choose to arrest such an astonishing percentage of the American public for minor drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She scolds me in front of the other girls for minor infractions and mistakes—not folding my bed linen as tightly as I should have or leaving the door to the kitchen ajar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Earlier in the meet, a much-anticipated meeting between Kentucky Derby winner Lawrin and Preakness winner Dauber had to be canceled at the last moment when Dauber suffered a minor injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The inversion of a major interval is minor, and of a minor interval is major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z In real life, however, even in our worst circumstances we have always been a relatively minor interest of the vast microbial world. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But even the occasional hit would mean, at best, a minor respite from the daily grind of barely making ends meet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Among its provisions are establishing a forty-hour work week and a national minimum wage as well as prohibiting oppressive child labor and most employment of minors. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Sleep became elusive, a common symptom of minor altitude illness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Just as outrageous, the vast majority of those lynched were murdered for what amounted to the most minor offenses against white supremacy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes unsavories actually broke the law in minor ways, although most lost interest eventually, because they were always caught by the Thunderhead and reprimanded by peace officers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Notice that the pattern for minor scales overlaps the pattern for major scales. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z All of these preparations gave pilots some minor comfort. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The rigid frame held a skin of oiled silk in place to contain the hydrogen, and although this was tough enough to withstand minor scratches, a hundredweight of blazing rock was too much for it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The computer reported no change in pressure over that time, other than a minor fluctuation based on temperature. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The uncomfortable reality is that a literal war has been waged on our most vulnerable communities, and convictions for relatively minor, nonviolent offenses have propelled mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The ship continued toward orbit with only a minor course adjustment, implemented automatically by sophisticated software. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy was no more than a minor annoyance to these immortal beings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But which sperm succeeds in fertilizing an egg must depend on the most minor and insignificant of factors, both internal and external. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A diminished interval is one half step smaller than the perfect or minor interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z So there they are, three classic preconditions of a plane crash, the same three that set the stage for Avianca 052: a minor technical malfunction; bad weather; and a tired pilot. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I have studied astrophysics and even waste management systems in space aircraft, but I have never given any thought to the procedure for custody or guardianship of a minor in the state of California. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The pentatonic scale may be major or minor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I had come weeks before—my first trip as an unaccompanied minor. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Arrests for misdemeanors, for the kind of minor offenses that had gone unnoticed in the past, went up fivefold between 1990 and 1994. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This method is based on the slow decay of radioactive carbon 14, a very minor component of carbon, the ubiquitous building block of life, into the nonradioactive isotope nitrogen 14. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He’d play a minor chord or two with his left hand and, with a flourish of his right, wipe his perspiring face with an enormous white handkerchief. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ambrose Spike had reported some minor splintering at the top inside edges of the door, but the shoring of earthworks was holding out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A diminished chord is built from two minor thirds, which add up to a diminished fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Bran was still an unaccompanied minor, so he had to wait until his father showed proper ID before he could go over to where Tina was holding the baby. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “What could some of the minor topics of our report be? I will give you a hint. I spoke of at least five subtopics. Who can name a subtopic?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, hi . Clovis yawned wide enough to swallow a minor god. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I let the two of them talk about the coming week, plans in the schedule, minor things I already knew. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be the reflection of nothing more than a minor change in the environment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I said that today was a minor setback, and that we would face worse difficulties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I strummed a minor chord that sounded even less appealing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The child’s mental powers bothered no one and produced no great disorder; they almost always surfaced in matters of minor importance and within the strict confines of their home. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never gone out of his way to see my father, only to avoid him, though he sometimes sent us messages through Anatole, his own sons, or other minor ambassadors. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The minor officials with whom I was able to win an audience thought me mad. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But by 1945 it had become a pest of only minor importance throughout much of the territory over which it had spread. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I’m told it’s a minor graze, nothing to worry about. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Later, seeking out magazines and books and films and secondhand stories about America, his longing took on a minor mystical quality and America became where he was destined to be. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve met the minor and I can tell you he’s not homophobic, not even remotely,” he said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was no time to explain minor details. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He asked her about the man Bronn had taken her from, and she named the minor retainer of an insignificant lord- ling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And the chain of events that followed was a perfect illustration of the minor chaos that passed for life in the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z |
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