we waited in great anticipation

См. также в других словарях:

• anticipation — noun /æn.tɪs.əˈpe.ʃən/ a) The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick. b) The eagerness… …   Wiktionary

• Clara Clarita — after her conversion to a passenger steamer, ca. 1870s Career Name: Clara Clarita …   Wikipedia

• Safwa — The Safwa are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the mountains of Mbeya Region, Tanzania. The Safwa language is a member of the large language family group, Niger Congo.In 1957 the Safwa population was estimated to number 158,000. In 2002… …   Wikipedia

• Handler, Daniel — ▪ 2002       Capitalizing on the unsentimental tastes of legions of 10–13 year old readers, American storyteller Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket) captured the imagination of his youthful audiences with A Series of Unfortunate Events. These… …   Universalium

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• Ray, Iran, as a military objective — This article is about the city of Ray, Iran as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ( Ragau in the Apocryphal Book of Judith). Ray, in an area of fertile lowland between the Zagros Mountains, the Elburz… …   Wikipedia