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The part of Jack Regan was written for John Thaw, who was a friend of Ian Kennedy Martin, with whom he had worked on the TV drama series Redcap in the 1960s. Dennis Waterman was cast after his performance in the Special Branch episode "Stand and Deliver", also produced by Euston Films.
Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter become embroiled in a deadly political scandal. One of the leading members of the British government, Charles Baker, is about to secure a huge deal with OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), stabilising the world oil market and boosting Britain's position within it.
Japanglish, Japanese and English mixed up to humorous effect (cf. Chinglish, Spanglish, Franglais) [31] [32] mangina, from man and vagina [33] medevac, medical evacuation [34] motel, from motor and hotel [5] Movember, from moustache and November [2] needcessity, from need and necessity [2] phubbing, from phone and snubbing [35]
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ri "sovereign, king" and the diminutive suffix -in ; thus "the king's child" or "big king". [ 4 ]
Flying Squad officers D.I Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) and D.C George Carter arrive at the scene of a warehouse robbery; four armed men are attempting to steal gold bars. After both capture the robbers, Regan takes some of the gold bars to give to his informant Harry ( Alan Ford ).
The name Jack is unusual in the English language for its frequent use as a noun or verb for many common objects and actions, and in many compound words and phrases. Examples include implements, such as a car jack , knucklebones (the game jacks), or the jack in bowls .
(D) Decoding: Converting written words into spoken language [3] (LC) Language (listening) comprehension: understanding the meaning of the words in context (as if they had been spoken out loud). (RC) Reading comprehension: understanding the meaning of the written words in context. To be clear, all of this can be done while doing silent reading.
As part of the decoding process, the reader learns up to 44 phonemes (the smallest units of sound) and their related graphemes (the written symbols for the phoneme). In contrast, analytic phonics, involves the analysis of whole words to detect phonetic or orthographic (spelling) patterns, then splitting them into smaller parts to help with ...