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The "Flower Duet" is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of the tragic opera Lakmé, premiered in Paris in 1883 and composed by Léo Delibes.. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.
De la Rive, a surname and list of people; Joey Rive (July 8, 1963) American tennis player; Julie Rivé-King (1854-1937), American musician; Lyndon Rive, cofounder of Solar City and cousin of Elon Musk; Richard Rive (1931-1989), South African academic and writer; Robert Rive, 19th century photographer
Alexander Rives (1806–1885), American attorney, politician, judge and plantation owner; Alfred L. Rives (1830–1903), American engineer, son of William Cabell Rives; Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945), née Rives, American author of novels, poetry and plays
Robert Riviere (1808–1882), English bookbinder; Roger Rivière (1936–1976), French cyclist; Roger-Arnould Rivière (1930–1959), French poet; Romaine Rivière, birth name of Romaine-la-Prophétesse (1750-?), Haitian revolutionary; Sam Riviere (born 1981), English poet and publisher; Théonie Rivière Mignot (1819–1875), American restaurateur
English irregular verbs are now a closed group, which means that newly formed verbs are always regular and do not adopt any of the irregular patterns. This list only contains verb forms which are listed in the major dictionaries as being standard usage in modern English. There are also many thousands of archaic, non-standard and dialect variants.
Apies: from Afrikaans meaning "little apes". Berg: from Afrikaans meaning "mountain". Blood: from the Battle of Blood River, where 600 voortrekkers fought off 20,000 attacking Zulu troops. No voortrekkers were killed, but the dead Zulus (3,000 died) stained the nearby river with blood, and so the name stayed. Breede: from Afrikaans meaning "wide".
In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...
The Rive Gauche is the southern part. Rive Gauche' (French pronunciation: [ʁiv ɡoʃ]; Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two parts. When facing downstream, the southern bank is to the left, whereas the northern bank (or Rive Droite) is to the right.