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Au

(= gold) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

AU

(= Astronomical Unit) a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)

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gold atomic number 79 astronomical unit

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ua a.u. AU

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Simple sentences

She works as an au pair.
The Astronomical Unit (AU) is defined as the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. It is approximately 150 million km (93 million miles).
Mary works as an au pair.

Movie subtitles

When a client is to be buried au naturale - that's without preservation - it is imperative that the casket is airtight to slow down the decomposition process.
Au revoir, my sweet.
Then, Ardeth Bay, au revoir.
If he could fly me to Port-au-Prince, I could still catch this morning's plane to Rio.
Port-au-Prince Golf Club.
Au revoir, Stiva.
Au revoir, my dear.
Au revoir, Monsieur Duval.
Au revoir.
So - au revoir, and good luck. My best regards to your brother and his wife.
Au revoir, monsieur.
Au revoir, madame.
Goodbye. - Au revoir, Hildegarde.
And now if you've done with me today, I think I'll say.. au revoir.
Goodbye. Au revoir, Mr. Brandon.
Au revoir, Hildegarde.
Au revoir, mon capitain.
Au revoir, my fabulous cream puff.
Don't say goodbye. Just au revoir.
Au revoir!
Au revoir. - Au revoir.
Au revoir, madame. - Goodbye, Mademoiselle.
Madeline introduced him on the docks in Port-au-Prince.
Madeline and I planned to be married the moment she arrived, but Mr. Beaumont persuaded us to come here. And he promised to take me out of the bank at Port-au-Prince and send me to New York as his agent.
We can be in Port-au-Prince in half an hour.
Au revoir, mon capitaine.
Just enough to get us to Port-au-Prince maybe.
Gotta go, au revoir.

News and current affairs

With such support, AU-authorized troops could guard the refugee camps and, over time, protect villages so that men, women and children could return home in safety.
If NATO connects with the African Union, for example, and increases the AU's connectedness, then both NATO and the AU become more central to the network and hence more powerful in terms of their ability to exercise influence and marshal resources.
That epidemic has spread to all ten departments of the country, as well as to the capital, Port au Prince.
In particular, the African Union (AU) has acted repeatedly in the name of enforcing the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance.
Likewise, AU President Jean Ping condemned a coup in Guinea-Bissau in early April immediately and in the strongest terms.
The AU must secure an AAA bond rating in order to tap international capital markets on the most favorable terms, which includes issuing bonds on African exchanges.
This time, the UN would earmark part of the export revenues of any given AU member for specific and defined programs and budget contributions.
The AU will also have to keep an eye on the abuse of state funds by African rulers and local elites.
So the AU should set criteria and create a surveillance system for democratic elections across Africa.
Here the AU should look to Europe, which began its process of unification with a mere six highly committed members.
The role of the AU should extend to cultivating ways to involve the private sector in restructuring both Africa's economy and its politics.
This is not a call for total protectionism; the AU's members should compete fiercely between themselves during this stage.
Subsequent negotiations led to a compromise agreement in November for a hybrid AU-UN force that would deploy in three stages.
In fact, many of those who have lost their homes and jobs in Port-au-Prince and other Haitian cities will likely return to rural communities where they have family.
I visited President Aristide in Port-au-Prince in early 2001.
But several roadblocks still stand in the way, making it very difficult for the joint AU-UN mission to bring about a peaceful settlement to the Darfur conflict.
Here the AU should look to Europe, which began its process of unification with a mere six highly committed members. The quality, not quantity, of member states is what matters.
If Somaliland's imminent multi-party elections are reasonably fair and open, the outside world, including the AU and the United Nations, will need to reconsider its status, which has been fudged since the collapse of Siad Barre's regime in 1991.