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  • 1compliment — com|pli|ment1 [ˈkɔmplımənt US ˈka:m ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: Italian, from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir; COMPLY] 1.) a remark that shows you admire someone or something ▪ Being compared to Abba is a great compliment. ▪ Rob… …

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  • 2The Secret Adversary — infobox Book | name = The Secret Adversary title orig = translator = image caption = Dust jacket illustration of the first UK edition author = Agatha Christie cover artist = Ernest Akers country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 3adulation — n. Flattery, cajolery, honeyed words, flummery, excessive praise, extravagant compliment, fulsome praise, over laudation, blandishment, blandiloquence, fawning, sycophancy, incense …

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  • 4tourner — [ turne ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 980; lat. tornare « façonner au tour, tourner » I ♦ V. tr. 1 ♦ (mil. XIIIe) Façonner au tour (2.). Tourner le buis, l ivoire. (XVIe) Fig. Agencer, arranger (les mots) d une certaine manière, selon un certain… …

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  • 5praise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. commendation, acclaim, approval, applause; eulogy; homage; benediction, thanksgiving, grace. v. t. acclaim, approve, commend, extol, eulogize, applaud; glorify, laud. See approbation, gratitude. Ant …

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  • 6Stylistic device — In literature and writing, a stylistic device is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written. Figurative Language MetaphorA metaphor is a comparison used to add descriptive… …

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  • 7English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 8servir — [ sɛrvir ] v. tr. <conjug. : 14> • Xe; lat. servire « être esclave, être soumis, dévoué à » I ♦ V. tr. dir. A ♦ (Compl. personne) 1 ♦ S acquitter de certaines obligations ou de certaines tâches envers (qqn auquel on obéit, une collectivité) …

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  • 9fête — (fê t ) s. f. 1°   Jour consacré à des actes de religion ; cérémonies par lesquelles on célèbre ce jour. •   Les trois grandes fêtes de l année, savoir celle des Azymes, celle des Semaines et celle des Tabernacles, SACI Bible, Paralip. II, VIII,… …

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  • 10History of fashion design — The first fashion designer who was not merely a dressmaker was (Charles Frederick Worth) (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his maison couture fashion house in Paris, fashion creation and inspiration was handled by largely unknown… …

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