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And the things that Heini has been doing qualify as deposit business, from the time onward that this business reached a certain volume.
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But now it has reached a certain size and so it qualifies as deposit business.
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But we're gonna need a little time
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And he does not have a valid licence for that.
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Their perception was that we, we had a desperate shortage of staff
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An Indian florican.
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A nightingale in an English woodland in spring.
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The act of coupling lasts only a few seconds, so the males have to be ready to seize the chance.
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But because this may be her only breeding season, she's also in a great hurry to mate again.
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But hamster mating is quite a long business.
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The fact is that this male, although he looks very like the female, is a different species.
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With such clear declarations of identity emblazoned on their bodies, no one is likely to court an unsuitable partner.
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There are half a dozen species of them.
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But this is a blue-footed booby, and when a male starts to court a female, he leaves her in no doubt about that.
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Bluefoots don't make a proper nest, just a scrape, but a relic of this nest-making urge remains in their courtship.
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How better to indicate your willingness to mate than with a little token nest material deposited on your partner's attractive blue feet?
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During the winter they, like their females, were a plain brown.
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A male merganser.
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I see this as a positive element because here for once the client's gonna have to sit down and produce a specification
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This image becomes imprinted in the brain of the ducklings, and for the next few weeks they will follow it unwaveringly.
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He's a young golden-eye.
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His displays are directed to a female like his foster mother, a female mallard, and she, alas, finds his signals totally incomprehensible.
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An individual male may have to have some extra attraction to offer.
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This tree stump, here in the forests of Central America, contains a pool of water, and that's just what a female damselfly needs, because she can only lay her eggs in water.
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A female approaches.
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Had this been a small fly or a beetle, she wouldn't have stayed, but she approves of this large, juicy one and, as she feasts on it, she allows the male to mate.
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be a good exercise for us t to take advantage over this er
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Transferring sperm for a hanging fly is a lengthy business, and it may take him 20 minutes to complete it.
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Even a second-hand meal may attract another female.
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He gives an exhibition of slow-speed flying, with legs lowered, over a likely nest site.
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The female alone will construct the nest, but he will collect a great deal of the building material, and he demonstrates his ability to do so.
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She wants a male with a territory rich in termites, where her young can get a good start in life.
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The male has a special way of encouraging females to mate with him.
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When a female returns at dawn, he stretches out his wing to expose a perfumed gland on his elbow.
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A male epauletted bat.
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Their relationship with a male will be no more than a visit of a few seconds during which they mate, but which male is it to be?
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Choosing which he is to be demands a close inspection of the candidates.
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He's a superb mimic.
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An experienced male can sing the songs of nearly all the other birds in his territory.
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- I poked him half an our ago, he didn't get up.
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The lyre bird is unusual in having both an elaborate song and magnificent plumes.
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He only reveals the full beauty of the wattles on his throat when a female approaches.
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But that is a considerable waste.
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A rival and more dominant male appears.
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He paints its walls with a blue paste made from mashed berries.
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A female having a critical look.
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The male sneaks onto a neighbouring bower while the owner is away.
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Each male has industriously cleared for himself a little dancing court.
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What's more, they're all so obsessed with dancing that they don't just do so for a few weeks in the year but for nine whole months, and, what is more, for 90% of daylight hours within those months.
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They perch together amiably enough above their courts, but when a female appears, their mood changes.
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It seems as if they are flying backwards, because they manage to make a mid-air turn just before they land.
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This is a double act.
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Within a few yards of these central courts stands a less successful male.
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0nly by competing do they stand a chance of eventually graduating to a premier position.
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a bad scene that it's only gonna be on certain jobs.
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They put in th er a cheap price.
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Why can't you spend some time with her for a few days?
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Now, Lassie, this time I want you to get a variable-speed Makita band saw... with a carbide-tipped blade and sawdust bag.
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Wish I took a better look yesterday when she came to the shop.
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She had a pretty face.
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and they've got a whole market to go
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She's a pretty girl, mashallah.
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Let me check my mails for a few minute.
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It's a clean please, with plenty of nice furniture.
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To tell you the truth, Grace, you're startin' to scare me a little.
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And I shall get a spare pants.
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I'll knit you a new one.
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Perhaps i i it'll encourage us to look for a shorter route through to the, the, the solution.
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From a male point of view.
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We got a new sponsor.
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They bent over backwards to show us a good time.
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Have a good working day.
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Be a good boy at school, okay?
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You know, I found it to be quite an open society... where "mens" are free to explore the feminine side of their nature.
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- I don't know, there's a huge traffic here.
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once he starts to specify in a contract document, what we are pricing for, then we've got an immediate, okay, we've done this for you and this is
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because a all consultants are gonna do that.
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a risky situation.
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There's a big difference between us and consultants isn't there?
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staff salaries have gone down over the last eighteen months
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Have a nice day.
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One and a half tops.
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put a bid in at a certain price.
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That's a real mouthful, but I can't hear myself anyway.
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Mr. Gerard, we need to ask you a few questions.
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What a terrible experience, terrible people.
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going to miss us a great opportunity to learn how to do it right
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it's a great opportunity.
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Whale-Skate Island is a submerged island in the French Frigate Shoals.
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The islands are also an important seabird colony.
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Why do I sense that this isn't a negotiable position?
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I have put together a fascinating dossier on you, my dear, and your late husband-- Andrew's little boat that went boom.
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Because if anything unfortunate were to happen to me, it wouId lead authorities to a certain safety deposit box in a bank in another city, inside of which there is enough evidence to lock you away for three lifetimes.
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is what you're raising a lot more issues here the undertow is unbelievable.
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It has a brown eye mask and a rufous wing patch, and the bill is yellow.
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It is a noisy bird, with harsh "swee-swee" and "dreee-too" calls.
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This is a conspicuous and gregarious bird and a cooperative breeder, always seen in groups, often lined up on telephone wires.
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Only one female in a group breeds at a given time, with other members providing protection and food.
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well, what the hell, we sort of wanted to give you a little party.
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Because you're a special guy, Leo.
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