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What does lion mean?
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lion

A type of big cat from Africa, India and some of Europe; Panthera leo.

lion

large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)

Lion

(= Leo) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo (= Leo) the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22

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Leo Leo the Lion lion Fu dog Chinese lion

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Simple sentences

The lion ripped the flesh from the dead giraffe.
The lion is the king of the jungle.
I am not a lion but I too can roar.
I see a white lion.
The roaring lion terrified the boy.
He's strong as a bull and brave as a lion.
We've got to catch the lion alive.
The lion is called the king of animals.
The lion is often used as a symbol of courage.
The lion is the king of beasts.
The lion is king of beasts.
The lion opened its huge mouth and roared.
The lion ate the rabbit in one bite.
Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
As the lion is king of beasts, so is the eagle king of birds.
The lion put an end to his prey with one stroke.
It had the head of a woman, the body of a lion, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a serpent.
Joe and I saw a lion yesterday.
What would you do if you met a lion here?
The lion struggled to get out of his cage.
Which is stronger, a tiger or a lion?
The deer fell a prey to the lion.

Movie subtitles

Like Lion King.
Well how did you like that, boys? A real Lion King send-off.
Africa. is nothing like The Lion King!
It's the British lion in honor of Lord Ferncliffe.
Tell the old sea lion that baby is hoofing with a piccolo player.
Lion's Head inn, eh?
Richard the Lion-Heart of England.
I understand now, sire, why men call you the Lion-Heart.
The Lion squirms in the net.
You know, John I have the direst premonition tonight that your lion-hearted brother will never return to England.
The Lion King.
The Lion King has shown us the strength of his arm not the sharpness of his sword.
Tell this Lion of ours the news from England.
You are no longer the wife of the Lion King.
He ate ostrich eggs, roasted gazelle and lion meat.
When a lion gets feeling frisky and begins to roar, there's another lion who knows just what he's roaring for.
OK, but underneath this lion's skin beats a heart seething with sentiment.
Imagine the kick your public will get when they see you fighting a lion like that.
We've got to get those lion back.
I must find a lion to replace Anatole.
He was the first lion I ever conquered with my bare fist. I beat him to a rug.
It was me or the lion.
When an English lion creeps up on a nest of French foxes. he wears a bushy tail.
Now let's see you strangle a lion.
With all due respect to your daringness and bravado, enticing the hotel's detective into the lion's den is playing with fire.
To protect her loyally until the return of our king and sovereign, Richard the Lion-Heart.
Is it of your own free will that you thus depose your brother Richard the Lion-Heart of England?
Dishonorable miscreant, you have bearded the lion. Beware.
Can you change yourself into a lion?
Lion, eh?
The Lion-Heart!
Long live Richard the Lion-Heart!
That's getting personal, Lion.
Wouldn't you feel degraded to be seen in the company of a cowardly lion?
And you, Lion!
Oh, Lion! I knew you'd come!
And the courage you promised Cowardly Lion?
Goodbye, Lion.
The British lion will drink his tea. from saucers made in Germany.
The cherry belongs to the lion!

News and current affairs

Can Greece Avoid the Lion?
For, contrary to what is often said in America's Congress, Europe already bears the lion's share of the peacekeeping burden (let alone reconstruction aid) in the Balkans.
NGOs do the lion's share of the world's humanitarian work, and some mistakes are inevitable.
The main reason for this is that the lion's share of the productivity gains achieved over the last 30 years has been seized by the well-off.
A much stronger case can be made that the lion's share of the responsibility falls upon Yasir Arafat, who at Camp David rejected a generous Israeli offer.
But outsiders will inevitably bear the lion's share of the budget for the tribunal.
As a result, Obama will have no choice but to devote the lion's share of his time and attention to reviving the economy.
Right now, the US, Europe, and Japan put up the lion's share of the capital, so they have disproportionate power.
Of this vast capital inflow, overseas Chinese - from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao and Southeast Asia - delivered the lion's share.
There is an old joke about two men who are trapped by a lion in the jungle after a plane crash.
Coal is one place to begin, as it will continue to generate the lion's share of the world's electricity for decades to come.
Under both systems, those who accept responsibility to take military action also take on the lion's share of the financial burden.
If not, when the next crisis comes, those who opposed the FSOC's proper functioning will bear the lion's share of the responsibility.
But the lion's share of this industrial haze - like the growing pollution of its coastal waters - is a direct result of the rapid industrialization of the Pearl River Delta across the border in China's Guangdong Province.
Who gets the lion's share of the blame for everything that goes wrong?
First, household-debt levels are enormous, capturing a quarter of income, with mortgage payments taking the lion's share.
When Sarkozy and other EU leaders demand Germany's participation in an economic stimulus and rescue package, one reason is that they expect Germany to again bear the lion's share of the costs.

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