Noun : The smaller nations were facing a financial Dunkirk. From Dictionary.com.
"So long as the English tongue survives, the word 'Dunkerque' will be spoken with reverence". From Wordnik.com. [VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅] Reference
And as we cannot go back to Dunkerque for the plans…. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
“I had not understood Dunkerque to be a navy port.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
“Carry on to Dunkerque as quick as we can,” he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
And if they are clever, we shall greet them in Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
“No, but… They paid you to take them to Dunkerque?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
Citizeness, do you still say that Holland is not in Dunkerque?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
Ships sailing out of Dunkerque are owned by Vangenzen, you say?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
When they reached Amiens they would be nearly halfway to Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
Loved the rendition of the hymn on the bandstand at Dunkerque/Dunkirk. From Wordnik.com. [42 entries from November 2007] Reference
Elle repartira de Dunkerque à Paris, le mercredi à 6 heures du matin. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Then, with luck and hard riding, we can reach Dunkerque tomorrow night. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
The Dunkerque was hit, also the Bretagne, the Mogador, and the Provence. From Wordnik.com. [Human Smoke] Reference
“And your other course is… to continue to Dunkerque?” asked Fondard. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
He's gaun abroad, he tells me, and settles to sit doon aboot Dunkerque in France. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
He hesitated and then asked, “It is known that they are bound for Dunkerque?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
And besides, it would be a simple matter to find Vangenzen & De Groot in Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
Relief at having escaped Dunkerque warred with anxiety over their present situation. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
The students hired a gramophone and piano from Dunkerque, so we became quite civilized. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from a War Nurse's Diary: The Operation-Theatre] Reference
Unfortunately the office is closed, and you will have to take your chances in Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
“To reach this… anchorage, we would leave Dunkerque and cross this beach—the strand.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
“We shall remain here tonight,” he decreed, “and carry on to Dunkerque in the morning.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
“Father Andries has helped us—myself and… You were warned that we might come to Dunkerque?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Mistaken Wife] Reference
The Franpipe, completed in 1998, links Norway's Draupner platform in the North Sea to the French port of Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [Energy profile of France] Reference
Dunkerque, while the former had been running continuously for nine months against the latter's two and a half months. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
Dunkerque -- and -- I should dearly love to think of you as, so to speak, in my neighbourhood, among the people I esteem. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Nine o'clock found Max waiting in the rue de Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [Max] Reference
The expedition embarked in a vessel equipped at Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Q: Translate into English: "Pierrette habite à Dunkerque.". From Wordnik.com. [Death Ends Fun] Reference
The capture of Thionville and of Dunkerque, the victories of. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5] Reference
Half way down the rue de Dunkerque stands the Hôtel Railleux. From Wordnik.com. [Max] Reference
The boat bore, painted in white letters, "La Coureuse de Dunkerque.". From Wordnik.com. [The King's Highway] Reference
Dunkerque, why then I'll arrange something fashionable for your evening's amusement. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete] Reference
With the fortified town of Dunkirk -- or Dunkerque -- came the real congestion of war. From Wordnik.com. [Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front] Reference
"That indeed you are; a better seaman does not sail out of Dunkerque," answered Benbow. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
They did meet, for the Commodore was employed for several years afterwards in blockading Dunkerque. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
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