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rapids Noun, pl part of a river where the water is very fast and turbulent
 Translationsrapids [ˈræpɪdz] npl (GEO) → rápidos mpl rapids [ˈræpɪdz] rapid npl (Geo) → rapides mpl rapids [ˈræpɪdz] rapid npl → Stromschnellen pl How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The falls or rapids of the Columbia are situated about one hundred and eighty miles above the mouth of the river. He got a new effect of airships altogether, as vast things coming down upon him, growing swiftly larger and larger and more overwhelming, until the houses over the way seemed small, the American rapids narrow, the bridge flimsy, the combatants infinitesimal. They had to raise enormous stones, massive pieces of wrought iron, heavy corner-clamps and huge portions of cylinder, with an object-glass weighing nearly 30,000 pounds, above the line of perpetual snow for more than 10,000 feet in height, after crossing desert prairies, impenetrable forests, fearful rapids, far from all centers of population, and in the midst of savage regions, in which every detail of life becomes an almost insoluble problem. |
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