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shark

A shark is a type of fish. Some are dangerous to humans, for example the great white shark, while others are not. The great white shark is one of the largest sharks in the ocean. My brother's leg was bitten off by a shark.

shark

any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways a card shark a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest play the shark; act with trickery hunt shark

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Simple sentences

The whale shark is the largest shark in the world.
The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
A shark snapped the man's leg off.
Is this cage shark-proof?
He was attacked by a shark.
A shark is a fish while a dolphin is a mammal.
Tom was attacked by a shark.
A surfer was eaten by a shark in Australia.
God has been very kind to the shark.
The white shark frequently attains, in the tropical seas, the length of more than 30 feet.
He fell into the shark infested waters.
The likelihood of being attacked by a shark is very low.
The chances of dying from falling airplane parts are 30 times greater than the chances of being killed by a shark.
Fortunately, the shark bite didn't hit any major arteries.
Tom got attacked by a shark.
Shark fin soup is very popular in China.
Shark fin soup is commonly served at Chinese weddings and banquets.

Movie subtitles

An enormous man-eating shark guards these pearls the native believe.
Today's tragedy proves this is no superstition: the shark is there.
There are no more coral-reefed, shark-infested waters in the whole world than these.
Why the sneaking sand shark.
You forgot about your father what own that big boat you fall off. and he think maybe you swallowed up by shark or something.
Brother, a pool shark.
I am a gentleman. - A shark!
Tell that loan shark I wanna see him.
But along this lane of commerce. lie the shark-like teeth of the Florida Keys. where savage hurricanes come screaming out of the Caribbean. to drive tail ships onto the destroying shoals.
Run out by thieves and cutthroats, and that shark Cutler's their boss.
Why, you double-crossing carrion shark.
But some woman is down there. under 10 fathoms of green water. all alone in a dead ship. where the shark and the giant squid swim through the dark shadows.
Yeah, and I'll go on looking good when you're inside of a shark's belly.
Yeah? Did a blonde shark spill that perfume on you?
Shark!
Shark eat shark?
Well, how's our shark-killer, huh?
That shark's been following us since the surgeon died, waiting for the burial.
I'd like to shoot that shark onboard.
Look! - Shark!
Did a blonde shark spill that perfume on you?
Here's your money, loan shark Jafar!
In case we run into a shark or something.
And Karl-Hugo doesn't fit as a loan shark. It's supposed to be an underling.
Same place I left a gold claim to a card shark named Weston.
They call you a loan shark around here?
At our declination angle, running in reverse. they're pulling the shark and cyclops right to the bottom.
Now, if we can cut it away, the Shark can pull herself loose.
Back to the Shark, right now.
There's a shark around here.

News and current affairs

It is a similar story for several species of shark, including the oceanic white-tip, scalloped hammerhead, and the great and spiny dogfish.
Sharks, too, are suffering from rapidly rising demand for shark-fin soup, which is considered a delicacy in many parts of Asia.

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