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  • The two young men carried in addition, in their belts, a sort of dagger-knife, which is known in Brazil as a _ "foca," _ and which hunters do not hesitate to use when attacking the ounce and other wild animals which, if not very formidable, are pretty numerous in these forests.

    Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866

  • O seu trabalho foca-se no desenvolvimento de sistemas para a criação, manipulação e performance de imagens e som simultâneamente, como parte de um questionamento geral da linguagem formal da interactividade, e de formas de comunicação não-verbal.

    Golan Levin Red 2007

  • Design For the Computer Obsessive, projecto de Joe Malia foca no papel que o design pode ter ao conduzir este tipo de indivíduos na sua relação turbulenta com a tecnologia.

    Joe Malia Red 2007

  • Design For the Computer Obsessive, projecto de Joe Malia foca no papel que o design pode ter ao conduzir este tipo de indivíduos na sua relação turbulenta com a tecnologia.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Red 2007

  • O seu trabalho foca-se no desenvolvimento de sistemas para a criação, manipulação e performance de imagens e som simultâneamente, como parte de um questionamento geral da linguagem formal da interactividade, e de formas de comunicação não-verbal.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Red 2007

  • Porque se a manhã envolveu um passeio pela praia, com os meus vícios habituais de apanhar conchinhas e ver a cadela a pensar que é foca dentro de àgua, a tarde foi passada a alinhavar o projecto curricular de turma da minha turma.

    Dia Livre Artur 2005

  • The two young men carried in addition, in their belts, a sort of dagger-knife, which is known in Brazil as a “foca,” and which hunters do not hesitate to use when attacking the ounce and other wild animals which, if not very formidable, are pretty numerous in these forests.

    Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

  • She was a voice of the new Poland, the one that might come into being after th: - Swedish deluge had subsided, and she 'intended to make Krzyztopor Castle a foca point of that revival.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • This was a gentleman who bore a recognizable resemblance to the fur-bearing seal, a fact which, alack, could not prevent the sudden tension that seized us all when our visitor exclaimed, "You know, he look just like an old foca!"

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 2 1987

  • Goats, pigs* and European i'erds, vaiious amuicinents, foca a» aaociog» were left by Captain Cioki but the pof - boxing, wreUiing» tee.

    The universal gazetteer : being a concise description ... of the nations, kingdoms, states, towns ... &c. in the known world ; the government, manners, and religion of the inhabitants ... of the different countries. Illustrated with a complete set of maps 1795

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  • seal; also used as a derogatory term for a fat girl.

    November 20, 2008