groak


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Verb1.groak - look or stare at longingly; "The dog his master who was eating a sausage"
look at, view, consider - look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem"
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I came away with nothing to say because all I had done was groak" Broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.
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Segundo, pelas caracteristicas do produto final da construcao, que define peculiaridades em seu processo (TURIN, 1968; IVE; GROAK; 1986).
Innovation and sustainability in the construction industry: a teaching exercise at the PPG/FAU-UnB (Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism UnB)/Inovacao e sustentabilidade na industria da construcao: um exercicio de ensino no PPG-FAU/UNB/Innovacion y sostenibilidad en la industria de la construccion: un ejercicio de ensenanza en el PPG-FAU/UNB (Programa de Posgrado en Arquitectura y Urbanismo)
Taking full advantage of a four-minute handicap, Millmore was never headed to come home 35 seconds clear of Newcastle University student Kelly Hewitson, with Sunderland's Melissa Groak in third place.
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Public-private-partnerships (PPP) form a contractual relationship between the public sector and the private sector where the private sector takes all or part of the responsibility of the Government's functions (Groak, 1994; Kuronen et al., 2011).
Understanding impacts of time and cost related construction risks on operational performance of ppp projects
Bardwell, G., Morton, C., Chester, A., Pancoska, P., Buch, S., Cecchetti, A., Vecchio, M., Paulsen, S., Groak, S., & Branch, R.
Collaborations between LIS education and rural libraries in the Southern and Central Appalachia: improving librarian technology literacy and management training
David Groak, Northumbrian Water's project manager, said: "The first phase of work will involve installing seventy metres of sewer pipe along a section of Castlefields Drive.
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Others, like foozle 'a bungling golf stroke' and groak 'to stare at other people's food, hoping that they will offer you some', are scarcely known, even at home.
Confessions of a verbivore
According to Novobatzky and Shea, a groak is someone who stares at you fixedly while you are eating.
Books: Naughty but nice look at language; Depraved English. By Peter Novobatzky and Ammon Shea. (Robert Hale, pounds 12.99) Reviewed by Christine Barker
Second, because the characteristics of the construction's final product defines peculiarities in its process (TURIN, 1968; IVE; GROAK; 1986).
Innovation and sustainability in the construction industry: a teaching exercise in the University of Brasilia's Postgraduate Programme in Architecture and Urbanism/Inovacao e sustentabilidade na industria da construcao: um exercicio de ensino no PPG-FAU/UnB/Innovacion y sostenibilidad en la industria de la construccion: un ejercicio de ensenanza en el PPGFAU/ UnB (Programa de Posgrado en Arquitectura y Urbanismo)
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