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Meaning upper meaning
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Simple sentences
My upper right wisdom tooth hurts.
The upper part of the mountain is covered with snow.
Mr Brown belongs to the upper class.
The people living here belong to the upper class.
He belongs to the upper class.
The businessman is trying to keep his people on the go by keeping a stiff upper lip, but they are just acting like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.
The elbow is the joint between the upper arm and the lower arm.
Stiff upper lip!
Mary comes from the upper middle-class.
Tom has a strong upper body.
Tom belongs to the upper class.
A mustache grows on the upper lip.
Even the upper atmosphere is polluted.
He took her by the upper parts of her arms.
The bottle is on the upper shelf.
Because it inflames upper-airway tissues, smoking often leads to obstructive sleep apnoea. Alcohol and sedatives can worsen apnoea as well; acting as muscle relaxants, they make the airway smaller.
The house that Tom bought is a real fixer-upper.
The temperature in Uranus' upper atmosphere is so cold that the methane condenses and forms a thin cloud layer which gives the planet its blue-green appearance.
Neptune has a mantle of liquid hydrogen while the atmosphere is a combination of ammonia, helium, and methane. In the upper atmosphere, methane freezes and forms an ice cloud which casts a shadow on the clouds below.
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No signs of either. Upper airway appears clear.
He was wearing a two-piece dark-blue flannel lounging suit. with a cunning white monogram on his upper pocket.
THE FIREFLYS WERE ON THE UPPER DECK.
I have horses waiting beyond the passage to the tombs. and a boat with trusted rowers will take us to the upper Nile.
Away from war in upper Egypt with you would have been very sweet. but this, this is a better end.
I'll have the upper hand.
Keep a stiff upper lip, Father.
On the upper ridge.
Class boats, very upper-class.
Within the upper class?
George comes from the so-called lower class, Dexter, the upper. Well?
Upper and lower, my eye.
But the Old Nick got the upper hand of me and I done taken some turnips from Lov Bensey.
Keep a stiff upper lip, old boy.
Are they planning to try for the upper hand by swooping in and taking Ivan away?
Saint-Luc, a village in the Upper Valais.
Upper left molar, Doctor. It's a buzzer.
If you're not careful she'll get the upper hand of you, mark my words.
The upper hand of me?
What a nice little fixer upper you are.
Yes, and across the upper ford of the Republican, but who's going to guide them?
Through the upper ford of the Republican.
Deep Valley through the upper ford.
Most of the upper servants hold he's guilty.
And as for my coming here with all this on me at yours and the others' first sight of it, I had the upper hand.
How far away? - On the upper ridge. Oh, doggone it, doggone it.
The kid's keeping a stiff upper lip, but, Vi, really he's all broken up about it.
Keep a stiff upper lip, kid.
Have you ever tried holding your finger to your upper lip, hard?
I'm the best little cooker-upper you ever saw.
I'm sorry, Herbert, but Larry has the upper hand.
Upper and lower, my eye. I'll take the lower, thanks.
Now we have the upper hand.
I have something to tell you. Keep a stiff upper lip.
Are you enjoying the kermis of the upper classes?
The music's coming from that upper window, the one with the white rags hanging out over the ledge.
News and current affairs
The Republicans believe that they have the upper hand and can pervert the system further in favor of the rich.
The loss of political power in the regions (regional governors, for example, were evicted from the Duma's upper house) has incited serious discontent that is spilling over into the public sphere.
Klaus's vision of democracy had the upper hand for most of the past decade.
Because the Czech Parliament's upper house has an absolute veto over constitutional amendments, the opportunity to amend the Constitution was lost.
Then, with Palestinians gaining the upper hand, they can advance to a second stage in which all of Israel is conquered, implying armed struggle - which often takes the form of anti-civilian terrorism - for many more years.
So the only rational response is to research aggressively into the many unknown factors: the physics of cloud formation, the dynamic coupling of the upper stratosphere to the lower atmosphere, the accumulation of atmospheric water vapor.
For Bersani, creating a coalition with Monti may well be the key to gaining control of the upper house and, in turn, of the government.
But the global downturn may also accentuate protectionism, especially if nationalistic impulses gain the upper hand, perhaps stimulated by fire-sales of domestic assets (as we saw during the Asian financial crisis).
The 2010 flooding in Pakistan, for example, would have been far less devastating if so many trees from upper slopes had not been felled.
In the absence of a credible democratic left party, Czech center-right politicians had the upper hand, and were relatively united, until 1997.
They congratulated themselves on their stiff upper lips.
Mugabe's challengers would have been given the upper hand in the political conflict, and it might have been taken for granted inside Zimbabwe and the SADC that Mugabe would not and should not contest this round of elections.
And that is because perceived national interests still have the upper hand over the wider interests of an integrated European marketplace.
And that is likely to be an upper bound, because it assumes that US retailers will pass through to consumers the full amount of any increase in import prices.
On both occasions, however, the regime's hardliners gained the upper hand, crushing prospects for reform.
On that planet, we see rankings in the upper 90's for the survey's five categories: justice, health, education, economics, and politics.
Many of the real challenges to American power are coming not on the upper military board, on which the unilateralists concentrate, but on the lower transnational board.
Mayawati's shrewd alliances, including with some members of the upper castes, which propelled her to power in Uttar Pradesh, give her party a fighting chance to win a number of other seats as well.
All of this means that when California slumps, residents simply leave for the mountain states; when manufacturing jobs disappear in the upper Midwest, people migrate to new jobs in Texas.
These include the Freed Kamlari Development Forum (which combats girls' slavery in Nepal); the Upper Manya Krobo Rights of the Child Club; and the Yellow movement, which campaigns for youth rights in Ethiopia.
The Gini coefficient of per capita income has surpassed 50 (with 100 representing maximal inequality), putting China in the upper quartile of inequality worldwide.
Today, China has become an upper-middle-income country, and it is on track to become a high-income country by 2020.
With Azerbaijan having spent extravagantly on armaments in recent years it may now have convinced itself that it now holds the upper hand.
One must not forget that even after a period of stagnation, the middle class in rich countries remains an upper class from a global perspective.