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Discover LudwigThe word 'brian' is a proper noun and can be used in written English
You can use 'brian' as a name for someone, usually a male. It can also be used as a name for a place, such as a town or a street. Example: Brian arrived at the party and immediately greeted his friends with a big smile.
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brian
verb
To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.
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Unlike the Romans in The Life of Brian, not much in the way of aqueducts or wine.
He asked, 'How d'you get on to that?' and I said, 'Well, you just phone in, and you might have to keep phoning, and you've got to be interesting and prepared to defend yourself, because Brian Hayes will eat you alive if you don't.' And sure enough, a couple of weeks later, I was doing some marking, had the radio turned on, and there's Ed talking to Brian".
I'm still very good at not leaving things on standby, which was our first pledge – though my husband Brian isn't!
It took a while for us to notice the message slipped under the door by our receptionist Brian (is he called Brian though, really? Is he?).
Deborah Auton and family Deborah (50) lives with husband Brian (51), children Amy (19) and Ben (17), and Charlie the Labrador in a 120-year-old, four-bedroom house in Cardiff.
"My son Ben and husband Brian just walked the dog and read their books, while me and Amy sat on the bed and chatted and did some yoga.
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Hill's attorney, Brian Kammer, issued a statement after the stay: "All the doctors who have examined Mr Hill are unanimous in their diagnosis of mental retardation, so there is no question that his execution would have been in violation of the US supreme court's 2002 ruling in Atkins v Virginia.
BG Brian McDermott will not be relishing his team's trip to Rochdale.
"The last thing we want to do is to make people panic or fearful but I think we need to have a very considered approach in terms of Australia's role in treating this particular problem and its global response," said the AMA president, Brian Owler.
Brian Dennehy, Dennehy Weller: JOHCM UK Equity Income (4.2%); Schroder Income (3.4%); Newton Emerging Income (4.3%); Newton Asian Income (4.4%); Artemis Global Income (3.3%).
Brian Messenger, a Tory council candidate in Margate, said his party had received complaints of verbal intimidation of voters outside some polling stations.
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