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Sentence Examples He had hired a crazy wig and wore a slinky black dress, black stockings and a basque. In the meantime, I will be taking my new black and pink see-thru basque with me. She was referring to the picture of myself dressed in a basque, stockings, suspenders and a thong that circulated on everybody's mobile phone. If you are blessed with a curvy, hourglass figure, then a corset or basque will certainly make the most of your assets. Even sitting at home, she's in an extravagant outfit of stockings, suspenders, basque, feather boa, everything. This class also includes units mainly engaged in providing clothing trade services such as hem stitching, basque knitting or buttonholing. In the production, at the theatre, she appeared briefly in stockings and a basque, in which she was pictured for publicity shots. The shots of her grinning like a lunatic on the beach, or posed in stockings and basque, were not enough. Even now, she is probably parading round your living room in a rubber basque. Although you're dressed up in basque and suspenders, you've got this strength, it's as if nothing can destruct you. The sexy star wore a tight-fitting basque designed by top corset-maker. We finally got the basque back and delivered it to the bride-to-be's room. The girl wore a see through black basque and back combed bleached hair. She was referring to the picture of me dressed in a basque, stockings, suspenders and a thong that had been circulating on everybody's mobile phone. Just how ridiculous do we look with a basque over our jeans? The fitted bodice with basque waist and sweetheart neckline was held with spaghetti straps. Croatian supermodel Nina Moric sizzled down the catwalk in a boned basque and red satin camisole knickers. She is clad in unraveling fishnet stockings, suspenders and garter belt, and a black basque. But while Xena wears a leather basque and wields a chakram she speaks in the slacker jargon of the shopping mall. The stage version has also seen some huge names don the basque of sweet transvestite Dr Frank-N-Furter, including Buffy's Anthony Head and Aussie popster Jason Donovan. Show More Sentences They call it a honey trap, but seeing Billy being chatted up by a bimbo in a basque brings to mind a slug dog-paddling frantically in a saucer of beer. Traditional Basque plays known as pastorales, which possibly related to medieval mystery plays, are still performed at festivals. The police have a lot of problems with people on holidays who do not know this peculiarity of the Basque coast. With eight colleagues, he has just completed a large reference grammar of Basque, to be published shortly. Basque is a pre-Roman language whose origin has not been clearly determined. Harry Potter has been translated into 60 languages including Greenlandic, Welsh, Basque and Macedonian. We are entering the Basque region which encompasses a small area of both Northern Spain and Southern France. Basque may be the remnant language of the Cro-Magnon, which evolved into Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan and Na-Dene languages. The traditional Basque decorative arts consist primarily of woodcarving and engraving on stone. They've got their own language, Euskara, and anyone who doesn't speak it is technically not a Basque. The Basque language, Euskara has ancient origins that have remained obscure. Etruscan was obviously not an Indo-European language and was unrelated to Basque. Catalan, Basque and Galician received a different status which stops short of recognising them as official languages. The Basque Gabriel's Message is properly festive with flourishes in the trumpets to accompany the Annunciation. Some newspaper reports say that two of the protesters are Anglo-Indian, and the others are members of Solidarios con Itoiz, a Basque lobby group. In most cases, the first 2nd, 3rd or 4th letters of each Basque word were agglutinated into a new word. Basque culture underwent a revival in the late 19th century, which ensured its continuance into the 20th century. The Statute of Autonomy fell short of the self-rule that Basque nationalism demanded. My three-day tour in the French Basque country was bedevilled by all sorts of trouble. Aznar's Popular Party was elected in 1996 as a minority government in coalition with Catalan and Basque nationalist parties. Show More Sentences These Romance languages supplanted earlier tribal ones which, except for Basque, have not survived. I think it's no accident that the best cooks on Earth are the Basque and the Vietnamese. The Basque language, also known as Euskera, is Europe's oldest living language. It took as its theme the near destruction by German bombers of the small Basque town of Guernica. But just as the finishing line came into view, the Basque boys began to falter, and the arrogant aristos of Madrid brought their skills to bear. The story of the fiesta is surrounded by religion, legend and the fiery Basque spirit. The restaurant will feature three Basque and four Asturian ciders with cheese pairings. The Inuit, likely from past experience with Norse seamen and Basque fishermen, would not initially assume hostile intent and came to trade. The software supports such languages as Arabic, Armenian, Asturian, Basque, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, and many more. Then the next day I went to Vitoria, administrative capital of the Basque region. In the 1870s their opposition to Castilian centralization was expressed as Carlism in the Basque country and as federalism in Catalonia. A Basque waistline, or any drop-waist style that angles downward, will lengthen a short torso. Everywhere in the Euskal Herria region has two names, one in Basque and one in Castilian Spanish. Although the Basque country is divided between France and Spain, the Basques have maintained an identity separate from both states. The boat turned out to be a chalupa from the 1500s, built and used by Basque whalers. I was at the charcuterie yesterday to buy a few slices of jambon de Bayonne, an air-dried cured ham from the French Basque country. Modern Basque historiography blames the monarchy of Navarre for failing to integrate the particularities of the local legal system. The tale of the Basque hotelkeeper Lyda Esain captures graphically the challenges and drudgery of owning and operating such an enterprise. The Basque version of bouillabaisse, or fish stew, is called ttoro and includes mussels, crayfish, congers, the head of a codfish, and three other kinds of fish. Hemingway and his first wife Hadley went from the Basque country to Pamplona over the Pyrenees by bus. Show More Sentences As we pulled back the sheets the bed was full of confetti in the Basque colors, red, white and green. We were headed to the small port of St-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque country near the Spanish border. Aznar jumped to conclusions, quickly blaming Basque separatist organization ETA for the al Qaeda attack. Conlangers are now looking to Tagalog, Basque, Georgian, Malagasay, and Aztec for ideas, instead of to Welsh, Finnish, and Hebrew, languages Tolkien drew upon for his Elvish. Traditional Basque folk poets improvise and sing rhymes on any subject. Even Rioja, already Spain's leading table wine at the turn of the 19th century, found few markets other than neighbouring Basque country and South America. The distinctive Basque culture was recognized by the rulers of Castile until the nineteenth century, when the Basques ' privileges were removed by the Spanish court. But the majority prefer to speak Basque because it's easier for them. These languages include not only Dutch, German, and Scandinavian, Asian, and African languages, but less widely spoken languages such as Basque, Yiddish, and Greek. It is possible to listen to the music of many Basque composers, both contemporary and classical, and feel that the influence of the outside world has been paramount. Parts of the Basque Country have also become heavily industrialized. Mugaritz, in the Basque country in Spain, specializes in molecular gastronomy and is one of my favorite restaurants. Late in the afternoon of April 26, 1937 waves of bombers obliterated the ancient capital of Basque Spain, Guernica. Hake, red bream, tuna, Dover sole, and monkfish are the favourites, but anchovies, sardines and mackerel are also very much appreciated in the Basque Country. The restaurants operate in harmony with certain south-western festivals such as the Espelette Festival in October, when lots of Basque songs are featured. These are not numbers of speakers of the minority languages, however, as the Catalan, Gallego, and Basque provinces all hold diverse populations and speech communities. The article reports that in recent years greater tolerance has allowed for more teaching of Occitan, Basque, Corsican and Alsation in France's schools. Regional languages and dialects such as Breton, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, Alsatian, and Flemish are still in use, and some are taught in regional schools. Basque Americans have been relatively slow to establish a literary tradition, in part because so much of their background was based on an oral culture. During the Franco years, effectively Catalan, Galician and Basque didn't exist, weren't allowed to be spoken or used in any public manner at all, or taught. Show More Sentences The fight for the dissolution of repressive bodies and the release of political prisoners was forever linked with the demand for recognition of Basque sovereignty. He later goes to the Basque country and is exposed to the living language. Today, the Southern Basque Country within Spain enjoys an extensive cultural and political autonomy. Except for Basque, which is of unknown origin, most modern Iberian languages descend from Vulgar Latin. According to some of these intellects, Scandinavian people share particular genetic markers with the Basque people. A vote to choose the new Basque leader, or lehendakari, is expected this week. Giants are rough but generally righteous characters of formidable strength living up the hills of the Basque Country. Rapper teams also exist in Australia, Germany and the Basque Country of France. Some cider is also made in southwestern France, in the French part of the Basque Country. Ciders produced here are generally of the style seen in the Spanish part of the Basque Country. From the 1980s, government and gastronomic associations have worked to revive this culture in all Basque regions. The oak is a national symbol from the Basque Country, specially in the province of Biscay. Genetic research shows a strong similarity between the Y chromosome haplotypes of males from Basque country and Irish men with Gaelic surnames. Several coins from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC found in the Basque Country bear the inscription barscunes. Basque tribes were already mentioned in Roman times by Strabo and Pliny, including the Vascones, the Aquitani, and others. Currently about 33 percent of the population in the Basque Autonomous Community speaks Basque. Chilean historian Luis Thayer Ojeda estimated that 45 percent of immigrants to Chile in the 17th and 18th centuries were Basque. Many of the original Tejanos had Basque blood, including those who fought in the Battle of the Alamo alongside many of the other Texans. In Chino, two annual Basque festivals celebrate the dance, cuisine, and culture of the peoples. The surrounding area of San Bernardino County has many Basque descendants as residents. Show More Sentences This sense of Basque identity tied to the local language does not exist in isolation. The wealthy Basque families tended to provide for all children in some way while the less affluent had only one asset to provide to one child. Basque cuisine is at the heart of Basque culture, influenced by the neighboring communities and the excellent produce from the sea and the land. Nowadays, the number of Basque speakers is maintaining its level or increasing slightly. A sprout of Protestantism in the continental Basque Country produced the first translation of the new Testament into Basque by Joanes Leizarraga. Christianisation of the Basque Country has been the topic of some discussion. It has been shown that some of these stories have entered Basque culture in recent centuries or as part of Roman superstition. Historically, Basque society can be described as being somewhat at odds with Roman and later European societal norms. The system of laws governing succession in the French Basque region reflected total equality between the sexes. Games between the Basque clubs and Catalan club USA Perpignan are always hard fought. Politically some Basque nationalists would like to integrate with the Basque Autonomous Community. Both the Spanish and French governments have, at times, suppressed Basque linguistic and cultural identity. The majority of schools under the jurisdiction of the Basque education system use Basque as the primary medium of teaching. In contrast, the desire for greater autonomy or independence is particularly common among leftist Basque nationalists. Additionally, the Basque population has virtually no B blood type, nor the related AB type. Several ancient DNA samples have been recovered and amplified from Palaeolithic sites in the Basque region. The success of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin inspired the Ikastolak movement in the Basque Country and the Diwan movement in Brittany. Maltese is the only Semitic language that is official within the EU, while Basque is the only European language isolate. The Germans were attacking to support the efforts of Francisco Franco to overthrow the Basque government and the Spanish Republican government. Citizens may also address the Parliament in Basque, Catalan, Valencian and Galician. Show More Sentences In 1542 Basque mariners came ashore at a natural harbour on the north east coast of the Strait of Belle Isle. In the Basque Country, they are attributed to the jentilak, a race of giants. In fact, the Basque region displays virtually no MtDNA for which Pontic Steppes origin could be claimed. Basque whalers would have given it such name after observing pods of orcas hunting baleen whales. From 1628 to 1634 the island was plagued by pirate ships of French, Basque, English and Spanish origin. Though initial suspicions focused on the Basque terrorist group ETA, evidence soon emerged indicating Islamist involvement. Various regional styles of folk music abound in Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Castile, the Basque Country, Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias. In the Basque Country, the familiars were believed to be toads wearing elegant robes. Then Basque and Portuguese mariners established seasonal whaling and fishing outposts along the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century. After Cabot, the first European visitors to Newfoundland were Portuguese, Basque, Spanish, French and English migratory fishermen. Bayonne is also a cultural capital, a city with strong Basque and Gascon influences and a rich historical past. Rains on the Basque coast are rarely persistent except during winter storms. The Fabrique Alza just outside the city is known for its palas, bats used in pelota, the traditional Basque sport. It now has special exhibitions on Basque agriculture, seafaring and pelota, handicrafts and Basque history and way of life. The Saracens crossed the mountains to claim Ardo's Septimania, only to encounter the Basque dynasty of Aquitaine, always the allies of the Goths. They populated central and northern Europe, while Basque speakers populated western Europe. In Europe in the 1990s, examples of proponents of ethnic revivals were from Celtic fringes in Wales and nationalists in the Basque Country. In the Late Middle Ages, the Basque Country was ravaged by the War of the Bands, bitter partisan wars between local ruling families. Two northern realms, the Basque Navarre and Asturias, despite their small size, demonstrated an ability to maintain their independence. On the way home the rearguard of the army was ambushed and destroyed by Basque forces at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. Show More Sentences Fishing vessels with Basque, English, Portuguese, French and Spanish crews started to make seasonal expeditions. There are also small immigrant communities of Spaniards, Italians, Basque and Lebanese. Only later, especially through Basque fishermen, who visited the region, came news of the fate of the colonists. This is the only area in Basque grammar where gender plays any role at all. Languages such as Occitan, Breton, Basque, Catalan and Corsican are to a great extent marginalised in France. In October 1956, he returned to Europe and met Basque writer Pio Baroja, who was seriously ill and died weeks later. Alternatives to the core Spanish identity were pressing only in the Catalon and Basque regions and not statewide. Bidart is also host to regular games of the fast and furious Basque sport pelota near the main square. Tree rings in the hull timbers from the 15th century ship found in Newport have been matched by scientists to tree rings in contemporary buildings in the Basque Country. Order a Picon Punch, the fabled orange bitters-grenadine cocktail of Basque sheepherders who made their way from the Pyrenees to tramp with Nevada's livestock. Along with independence or autonomist parties in Brittany and the Basque Country, there is also the flurry of electoral activity among the Corsicans. In Spain, the 13-year-old, who has autism, will perform at The Kursaal Convention Centre with The Basque Symphony Orchestra in front of thousands of world delegates. Suarez told the Carter administration that 'Ulsterisation' of the Basque problem would present a serious threat to Spain's precarious democratic regime. In July 1795, after graduation, Lowell set out on a merchant ship carrying cargo to various places including Basque Country in Spain and Bordeaux, France. It is possible that the original sound was an apical sibilant, like the Basque s, which is halfway between a hissing sibilant and a hushing sibilant. Transitivity is a thoroughgoing division of Basque verbs, and it is necessary to know the transitivity of a particular verb in order to conjugate it successfully. There is no case marking concord in Basque and case suffixes, including those fused with the article, are added only to the last word in a noun phrase. Similarly to Catalonia and the Basque Country, the Galician Football Federation also periodically fields a national team against international opposition. In 1613, Basque, Dutch, and French whaling vessels resorted to Bellsund, but were either ordered away by armed English vessels or forced to pay a fine of some sort. Basque vessels had been fishing cod shoals off Newfoundland's coasts since the beginning of the 16th century, and their crews used the natural harbour at Placentia. Show More Sentences As the Basques had no law of joint inheritance, but practised primogeniture, Lupus in effect founded a hereditary dynasty of Basque rulers of an expanded Aquitaine. It is the seat of the cultural association of Muslims in the Basque Coast. An annual summer festival has been held in the commune since 1932 for five days organized around parades, bulls races, fireworks, and music in the Basque and Gascon tradition. From the mixture between the Basque and Latin language Gascon was created. Basque is the only currently living Western European language isolate. The Spanish road system is mainly centralised, with six highways connecting Madrid to the Basque Country, Catalonia, Valencia, West Andalusia, Extremadura and Galicia. The Republic offered political autonomy to the linguistically distinct regions of Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia and gave voting rights to women. The Basque language is the best candidate for a descendant of such a language, but since Basque is a language isolate, there is no comparative evidence to build upon. Three prominent examples are Els Segadors of Catalonia, Eusko Abendaren Ereserkia of the Basque Country, and Os Pinos of Galicia, all written and sung in the local languages. These encierros, as well as other bull and bullock related activities are not exclusive to Pamplona but are traditional in many towns and villages of the Basque country. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, was a Basque. A widespread belief that Basque society was originally matriarchal is at odds with the current, clearly patrilineal kinship system and inheritance structures. In contrast to surrounding regions, ancient Basque inheritance patterns, recognised in the fueros, favour survival of the unity of inherited land holdings. Some Basque surnames were adapted from old baserri or habitation names. Recent Basque Government policies aim to change this pattern, as they are viewed as potential threats against mainstream usage of the minority tongue. Reno, Nevada, where the Center for Basque Studies and the Basque Studies Library are located at the University of Nevada, is another significant nucleus of Basque population. The Basque language, which was traditionally spoken by most of the region's population outside the BAB urban zone, is today rapidly losing ground to French. About a quarter of a million people live in the French Basque Country. On the basis of this putative root, Arana proposed the name Euzkadi for an independent Basque nation, composed of seven Basque historical territories. One item of evidence in favour of this hypothesis is found in the Spanish book Compendio Historial, written in 1571 by the Basque writer Esteban de Garibay. Show More Sentences One infamous operation was the bombing of Guernica in the Basque country. The making and drinking of cider is traditional in several areas of northern Spain, mainly Galicia, the Principality of Asturias, Cantabria, and the Basque Country. Cider has also been popular in the Basque Country for centuries. Examples from Classical Literature At that moment two men passed, in brown velveteens, enormous trousers, and basque caps. The other feature is the court or fronton where is played the jeu de paume, or, to give it its Basque nomenclature, pelota. She was talking low to herself, but she spoke in Basque which he did not understand. The girl was the wilful daughter of a Basque rancher over on the Porcupine. This conclusion has not, however, met with general acceptance and the affinities of Basque with Finno-Ugrian cannot be overlooked. Evidently this is not the race of which Mr. Murray speaksneither Iberian nor Basque. The speech of the Basque country is first of all a langue, not a corrupted, mixed-up patois. The boatmen of the Malabar Coast face the surf singing no other than the refrain that the Basque women murmur over the cradle. He was a monarchist of the Basque stamp by race, by education, by conviction. The Mexicans, Indians and Basque shepherds regard the monkey-faced owl as an omen of ill-luck. Pellisson was shut up with a Basque who used to play to him on the musette. With regard to syntax, the Basque resembles all agglutinative languages. Red water control for the production of drinking water from the inland basins of the Basque Country. He had a long white beard and white hair, on which he wore a flat Basque cap. We, the undersigned, are the recognized champions of pelota Basque. You see, that old Basque who was killed was a monopolist, too. The obvious thing was to question the Basque as to long-ago events. Whenever a man talks indifferent Spanish, he says he is from the Basque. Drawing his theory from this model, Kortazar points to resemblances as well as divergencies between the Galician and Basque literary systems. This was especially, but not exclusively, the case among supporters of the most organized of the political parties, the Basque Nationalists and the Carlists. Show More Sentences The Carlists defended tradition, including respect for the Basque charters, while the Liberals were associated with progressive politics of a French hue. His skills eventually landed him a place in the Alaves youth set-up but word spread of his ability and he was signed by Basque giants Athletic Bilbao as a teenager. Find more words! 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