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  • 101which way the wind is blowing — how something will probably develop. It wasn t hard to tell which way the wind was blowing when the judge spoke to the jury. Peter quickly saw which way the wind was blowing and tried to comfort the worried parents …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 102whistle-blowing — The bringing to public attention of improper or illegal activities within an organization. It has been suggested that whistle blowing is a new name for an ancient practice. Alternative terms may be conscientious objector, ethical resister, mole… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 103glass-blowing — ► NOUN ▪ the craft of making glassware by blowing semi molten glass through a long tube …

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  • 104glass blowing — n. the art or process of shaping molten glass into various forms by blowing air into a mass of it at the end of a tube glass blower n …

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  • 105glass blowing — glass blowing, the art or process of shaping glass objects by blowing air from the mouth through a tube into a bulb of molten glass at the other end of the tube …

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  • 106A Wind Is Blowing — (1969) is the last fiction novel written by the English children s writer Monica Edwards.Aimed at an older audience than most of her previous works, with the characters themselves having grown older, it is an apt and poignant farewell to the… …

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  • 107Dark Wind Blowing — is a work of young adult fiction by Jackie French. The theme explored in the text is the use and misuse of power. The text deals with issues of bullying, terrorism and the everyday life of a teenager. The ideas explored in the text suggest that… …

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  • 108Dry blowing — is a method to extract gold from dry soil without the use of water. One method is to pour dry soil from a height into a pan, the wind would blow away finer dust allowing gold particles to fall into the pan.[1] Alternatively, the prospector would… …

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  • 109Blue Blowing —   [englisch/amerikanisch, bluː bləʊɪȖ], Anfang der Zwanzigerjahre von dem Jazzsänger und musiker Red McKenzie (1907 1948) erfundener Ausdruck für das Kammblasen, das rhythmische Blasen durch einen mit Pergamentpapier umwickelten Kamm (Kazoo). Der …

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  • 110whistle-blowing — whistle blower UK US (also whistleblower) noun [C] WORKPLACE ► a person who works for a company or organization that tells an authority about something illegal happening within the company or organization: »Within many organisations a… …

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