Jane Fonda

Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.

American Actress

Susan Sullivan

I wouldn't have the life I have without television. I wouldn't be looking out my apartment window onto the East River; I wouldn't be able to afford to have my mother with me this summer. So television has been very good to me.

Steve Bullock

When I defend our right to hunt and fish on public lands, rivers and streams. Or work for better schools. And more good paying jobs that can support a family. Those aren't political issues to me. They're personal.

American Politician

Phil Hellmuth

It's always pretty cool to hit a card on the river, especially when you're lucky enough to do it two days in a row. But good fortune doesn't last forever.

American Celebrity

Clarence Clemons

To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.

American Musician

Eric Burdon

There are so many times in one's life, when one feels he has nothing more to offer. But no, my river has not run dry.

British Musician

Daniel Woodrell

I've always been fascinated by the Mississippi River and the way of life in these small river towns.

American Writer

Khalil Gibran

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

Lebanese Poet

Henry Ward Beecher

American Clergyman

Langston Hughes

American Poet

Rivers are integral to geography and often associated with specific landforms and ecosystems.

Geographical Features

Rivers may have historical or cultural importance in stories, myths, or as borders.

Cultural Significance

Familiarize with phrases often used with 'river' to describe actions and features.

Common Collocations

Understand 'river' describes a mass flowing similarly to water, even if it's another substance.

Fluid Movement

'River' can metaphorically describe continuous movement in a certain direction.

Metaphorical Use

Recognize when 'river' is used figuratively to represent abundance or profusion.

Figurative Language

'River' can invoke the sense of being overwhelmed by emotions or information.

Emotional Effect

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Poker Terminology

'River' is part of the specific jargon used among poker players and enthusiasts.

Gaming Lingo

 an insect sings from a branch passing by in the middle of the river. Even as you see that though, some part of you recognizes in the image a small portrait of what it's like to live in this world of change and time, our human fate is to vanish, as surely as that small cricket will, and still, we do what it does.

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 a predatory dinosaur, bigger than T. rex, the ruler of this ancient river of giants, feeding on the many aquatic animals I showed you earlier on. So that's really what makes this an incredible discovery. It's a dinosaur like no other. And some people told me, "Wow, this is a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.

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 if you're not careful they can start to sound like pharmaceutical drugs or worse the name of a sofa from ikea associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the

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 Other harmful compounds and chemicals can cause widespread contamination when released as toxic waste water in rivers and oceans. Technologies are now so advanced in some countries that the entire process of growing and producing fabric barely touches a human hand.

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 The rat rose with the sun to get an early start, but on the way to the river, he met the horse, the tiger, and the ox. Because the rat was small and couldn't swim very well, he asked the bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse refused,

The myth behind the...

 the dynamic nature of our planet, and the impact of each on the other. Water is essential for life, food sources, and transport, so many cities have been built along coast lines and river banks. However, these benefits also come with risks

Real life sunken cities...

 skin but they're also sometimes pale blue and sometimes they're even an albino off-white there are five freshwater dolphin species in the world pink river dolphins are the largest they can grow up to nine feet long and can

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 even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch if only the leopards can figure out what

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 such things even the river normally a lifeline for the animals has almost disappeared yet the mud soup that remains could be concealing a free lunch

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 Even the river, normally a lifeline for the animals, has almost disappeared.

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