smoke signal

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hätäsavusavumerkki

smoke signal

nsegnale m di fumo
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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From the chimneys of the farmhouses thin ascensions of blue smoke signaled preparations for a day's peaceful toil.
Verbo said that the suspects were riding a black motorcycle when the back rider threw a cannister of smoke signal into the house of Juliano then drew his gun and fired seven rounds.
8DA 3850 followed YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Appears 9 Loots 10 Trove 11 Orchard 12 Obi 13 Spelling 16 Needling 17 Amp 19 Cake tin 21 Basil 22 Whorl 23 Later on DOWN: 1 Cartoon 2 Opposite 3 Lace 4 Blackleg 5 Lola 6 Aside 8 Smoke signal 13 Sedately 14 Noah's Ark 15 Opulent 18 Scowl 20 Knot 21 Bath
Theories included a swarm of insects to a home-made smoke signal, but now it seems it was the result of a new pyrotechnic show being tested at nearby Warwick Castle.
"High mortality rates are a smoke signal that something is wrong," he said.
The debut novel by Jeania Kimbrough, Van Diemen at 17, published by Smoke Signal Press in December 2010, explores a less sterotypical, but perhaps more common than we think, kind of star-crossed love affair - that between an older man and a younger girl.
IN THAT EVENT, YOU CAN SEND UP A SMOKE SIGNAL TO THE EP TEAM: EPHELP@ATT.COM
It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God.
The smoke signal is one of the oldest forms of message-sending in Canada.
The Omni Air McDonnell Douglas DC-10, carrying 324 passengers from Kuwait to Frankfurt, Germany, was forced to land in Bucharest, Romania, following a smoke signal in the passenger cabin.
Here a Skystreak is shown passing a smoke signal that marks the starting gate for its record run.
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