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civil

About the citizens of a country, especially as opposed to the government, army, police, religion, etc. One of the most important civil rights is freedom of speech. In the Civil War, the Red Army had blocked off the northern part of the Ukraine from the hungry south. The state is connected to civil society through aspects other than its role in administration The government had run out of money to pay civil servants. This comes under civil, rather than criminal, law. The bridge would be one of the largest civil engineering projects in the country. If someone is civil, they are polite but not friendly. Mum had been civil to me since the fight but something had gone between us.

civil

applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military civil authorities not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others even if he didn't like them he should have been civil — W.S. Maugham of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state civil affairs civil strife civil disobedience civil branches of government (= civic) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals civil rights civil liberty civic duties civic pride (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life the civil calendar a civil day begins at mean midnight of or in a condition of social order civil peoples

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Simple sentences

We cannot rule out the possibility that civil war will break out in that country.
This book gives a good picture of life in America during the Civil War.
Many American high-school students do not know that the Civil War took place between 1861 and 1865.
After decades of civil war, order was restored.
Civil wars are occurring in many countries.
He wrote a book about the American Civil War.
The American Civil War is the central theme of the book.
The American Civil War is the main theme of the book.
They had lost the Civil War.
Davis did not want civil war.
The civil war in Greece ended.
America's Civil War lasted four years.
African Americans demonstrated for civil rights.
England was once torn by civil war.
He was deprived of his civil rights.
The fight for civil rights in the United States started in 1954, when the government said school had to be open to everyone.
Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights for African-Americans by teaching nonviolence.
They said it would lead to civil war.
They felt that now was not the time to start a civil war.
It prevented a civil war.
There was a danger of civil war.

Movie subtitles

Well, why don't we all go inside where we can sit down and have a civil conversation?
We guarantee to the Christian Patriarch of Jerusalem the right to deliver justice hereinafter on Christians remaining in the city, according to civil and canonical law.
According to our Charter rights, which Saladin granted us after the capture of the city, anyone who has a claim against a Jew may have the Patriarch judge him according to civil and canonical law.
After the Russian Revolution, civil war raged in the Crimea. bringing in its wake chaos and misery and unscrupulous men.
Max is late for the civil registration for marriage that the couple hopes to witness.
But the workers and peasants of Spain will defeat Franco and his cronies. With the help of anti-fascists from all over the world civil war will give way to peace, work and happiness.
You know, we must have a nice talk about the Civil War sometime. just you and I.
Remember what I said: the civil tongue or else.
Of course, her mother really saw her first, but why bring the Civil War into this?
He sneaked into the Civil War.
It would mean civil war.
This is a civil court.
When I tell him to move his car, he's got to move. All right, but be civil about it, you big ape!
You may not realize it, but the Civil War is over. and you're no longer in the Army, Mr. Hatton.
The Koran is our civil code, our book of science and medicine, the Word of God.
He's from an old family that's lived there since before the Civil War.
A civil manner from the administration is recommended only if the workers submit unconditionally.
Sir, let me remind you that China is in a state of civil war and we will be fortunate if we arrive in Shanghai at all.
Now, next time he comes, I want you to smile and be civil.
Now I am a civil servant.
Alert all military and civil authorities.
I shall recite for you an article from the Civil Code.
As you know, a parolee or convict has no civil rights.
I'll thank you to keep a civil tongue in your head, not in mine.
I need to talk to my son, Cal. - Well, why don't we all go inside where we can sit down and have a civil conversation?
I asked you a civil question, and I expect a civil answer.
With the help of anti-fascists from all over the world civil war will give way to peace, work and happiness.
Upon the conclusion of the American Civil War. Napoleon withdrew his military support. leaving Maximilian to the mercy of his rebellious subjects.
He thinks his father was a civil servant.
My father was a civil servant.
I only asked a civil question.
Comrade Iranoff, go to the public library. and get me the section of the Civil Code on property.
You are referring to Paragraph 59B, Section 25F of the Civil Code.
The bylaws mean more to us than civil law.
Until I can prove I am innocent.. we cannot marry.. I have no civil rights.
Only asking a civil question, I was.

News and current affairs

For everyone else, a kind of state of emergency was proclaimed that has allowed state interference in essential civil rights. Controls at borders have become an ordeal for many, and police persecution now burdens quite a few.
Some of today's restrictions on habeas corpus and civil liberties have sunset clauses restricting their validity; all such rules should be re-examined by parliaments regularly.
The civil rights of the Russian minorities in the Baltics and elsewhere are now enshrined in law, due in no small part to NATO demands.
Those civil rights initiatives on the part of NATO reflect the increasingly workmanlike way that Russia, Europe, and America now work out their disagreements.
Obama clearly recognizes that the NPT needs to be strengthened in order to prevent countries from turning their civil nuclear-power capacity into weapons.
Governments, civil society, and the private sector must rise to the challenge, cooperating to find and implement creative solutions.
Together, governments, civil society, international organizations, and the private sector can improve the availability and quality of finance for development, and shape a better future for all.
Growing awareness of the failure of current policies is causing social discontent, civil disorder, and political instability, with the recently concluded Italian elections and the growing popular resistance to Greek reform efforts serving as a bellwether.
It is inconceivable that Greece could manage that within the eurozone without widespread social unrest, if not conditions approaching those of civil war.
Once undertaken, the West's intervention ended an almost uninterrupted civil war, and is still viewed with approval by a majority of the population.
The war in Afghanistan was never just an Afghan civil war; rather, for decades the country has been a stage of regional conflicts and hegemonic struggles.
He will be remembered for accepting the painful secession of Eritrea in 1993, rather than prolong the civil war, and for his efforts to reach an agreement with Egypt over the use of the Blue Nile waters.
Twenty years of invasion, civil war, and drought have left Afghanistan's institutions in ruin.
The network will work alongside and support governments, UN agencies, civil-society organizations, and the private sector.
For everyone else, a kind of state of emergency was proclaimed that has allowed state interference in essential civil rights.
But their main effect may be an erosion of reasoned debate and civil conduct, without which democracy is powerless against the forces of polarization and extremism.
Fourth, laws are often arbitrarily applied, and sharia (Islamic law) frequently takes precedence over civil legislation, resulting in widespread impunity for crimes of violence against women.
Just three years ago, Jubilee 2000 made news when civil society groups, rock stars, and a few finance ministers like Britain's Gordon Brown pushed for African debt cancellation.
African civil society, whose mouthpiece is the press, cannot escape some measure of reproach for its failure to urge leaders to rescue fellow Africans.
During that interregnum, we should expect deadlock, anarchy, or civil war.
How much more worrying, then, is such concentrated ownership in new democracies and developing countries, where the check of civil society is mostly absent?
The International Civil Aviation Authority has announced that it will convene a group of experts to help it provide guidance for the industry to decide what level of ash in the atmosphere makes it unsafe to fly.
In Uganda, where civil wars in the 1970's and 1980's devastated farming, cotton growers are making a major comeback.
African intellectuals, artists, and civil rights activists did not feel the need to express solidarity with fellow Africans and to defend the rights of the downtrodden.
African civil society seems trapped in indifference and inertia.
We need their full engagement - in government, business, and civil society.
Another reason for cynicism is that the G-7 didn't move mainly on their own initiative, but rather in response to a growing cry of international civil society for action on behalf of the world's poorest.

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