resting place

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resting place

a place where someone or something rests, esp (last resting place) the grave

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resting place

[ˈrestɪŋpleɪs] N (also last or final resting place) → última morada f

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resting place

n → Rastplatz m; (euph: = grave) → Ruhestätte f

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resting place

[ˈrɛstɪŋpleɪs] n

a. (gen) → posto or luogo dove riposarsi

b. (grave) → ultima dimora

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We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live.

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But that native land was too far off, and for a man going a thousand miles it is absolutely necessary to set aside his final goal and to say to himself: "Today I shall get to a place twenty-five miles off where I shall rest and spend the night," and during the first day's journey that resting place eclipses his ultimate goal and attracts all his hopes and desires.

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I am seeking the last resting place of those "ruffians." When I find it I shall shed some tears on it, and stack up some bouquets and immortelles, and cart away from it some gravel whereby to remember that howsoever blotted by crime their lives may have been, these ruffians did one just deed, at any rate, albeit it was not warranted by the strict letter of the law.

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"If a fly happens to light upon his tin body he doesn't rudely brush it off, as some people might do; he asks it politely to find some other resting place."

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And it was at Tarzan's request that three volleys were fired over the last resting place of "a brave man, who met his death bravely."

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We buried Snider beside the Rhine, and no stone marks his last resting place. Beasts do not require headstones.

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What is not is that there is an actual grave and monument that purports to be his last resting place in the woods of the private Kirklees estate.

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Meanwhile, the herders who used the road-based route tended to spend less time at each resting place than those using the mountain routes during both their upland and lowland mobility, although the differences were not significant (Table 1).

MAKING GOAT HERDERS AS SCAPE GOATS FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE PASTURE DEGRADATION: A CASE STUDY OF HARIPUR-NARAN PASTORAL SYSTEM IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN

BEECHWOOD CEMETERY IN the heart of Ottawa, is not just Canada's National Military Cemetery, but the final resting place of so many Ottawa families that a visitor is immediately struck by the coincidence of local street names and the names on hundreds of plaques and tombstones.

REFLECTING ON THE HALL OF COLOURS

After Holy Mass is celebrated at 3 p.m., she will be brought to her final resting place at Loyola Marikina.

Karina David's wake from May 10-12

Not only is it the final resting place of Baba Bulleh Shah.

City of shrines

Darbar Sahib Kartarpur is the final resting place of Baba Guru Nanak, after he spent the last 18 years of his life here.