Three of the great extinctions appear to have occurred during cold episodes and two during hot episodes.

The dialect in which these writings are composed goes usually by the name of the Zend ; it is also styled the Avestan, and sometimes the Old Bactrian, from the country Bactria, the north-easternmost region of the great Iranian territory, which is supposed to have been its specific locality.

From the sound of that motor, I'd say yer big end's gone, mate.

The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.