Canopy designed to protect against rain or sunlight.
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Examples for "umbrella "
Examples for "umbrella "
1 The UN major group of NGOs, an umbrella group, condemned the document.
2 Therefore, the larger umbrella term of CIF is used in this statement.
3 All of them are regulated under the umbrella of common EU legislation.
4 I shall be able to hold the umbrella over both of us.
5 FGM is actually several different procedures, but this is the umbrella description.
1 Victoria rummages through her bag and finds her brolly and her medicines.
2 Also, it's Ireland in April so bring a brolly , a jumper and a hat.
3 He slid the brolly into a sheath built into the chassis of the bike.
4 I may even splash out on a Marry Poppins brolly .
5 For years women in motor racing were just " brolly dollies" or mascots.
1 A " gamp " became a slang word for umbrella in the 19th century.
2 You kicked yourself because you hadn't taken your mother's advice and brought a gamp .
3 All things are much as you left them, except that what regards gamp is a good deal better.
4 Your gamp was someone else's.
5 It is a goot blace for a gamp , Leftenant, und we shall pe all right in a tay or two.
1 The French name parapluie tells the truth of umbrella use in a northern climate.
2 Isn't that Emmeline Fox, trotting along under a parapluie ?
3 There are, indeed, many French suggestions in Cologne, and in the shops they still sometimes call an umbrella a parapluie .
1 A laugh went off in his throat like a rat-bomb, sending the last of the guests scurrying for their bumbershoots .
2 Legendary blues guitarist Bo Diddley performs at the 35th annual Bumbershoot Seattle Arts Festival in Seattle September 4, 2005.
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Translations for rainshade