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against the blow. This word describes the repercussion of a physical or mental shock, or an indirect consequence of an event. Contre-jour contre-jour against daylight. This word (mostly used in art namely photography, cinema or painting) describes the light that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps
Enfant terrible or Enfant Terrible may refer to: Enfant terrible (folklore), an African mythological character; Enfant Terrible, a 2020 German drama film; See also
Terrible, The Terrible, Le Terrible or El Terrible may refer to: Ships. HMS Terrible, eight British Royal Navy ships; French ship Le Terrible, sixteen ships of the ...
Small may also refer to: Science and technology. SMALL, an ALGOL-like programming language; Small, a nano-science publication <small>, an HTML element that defines ...
The Terrible or el Terrible is an epithet applied to: Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515), Portuguese general, admiral and empire builder; Ants Kaljurand (1917–1951), Estonian anti-Soviet guerrilla fighter; Charles the Bold (1433–1477), last Valois Duke of Burgundy; John III the Terrible (1521–1574), Voivode of Moldavia
Almost all studies of power in international relations focus on great power politics and it will for this reason not be discussed here. For, as László Réczei noted, power status hinges on the capacity for violence: "If the notion of war were unknown in international relations, the definition of ‘small power’ would have no significance; just as in the domestic life of a nation it has no ...
La petite mort (French pronunciation: [la pətit mɔʁ]; lit. ' the little death ') is an expression that refers to a brief loss or weakening of consciousness, and in modern usage refers specifically to a post-orgasm sensation as likened to death.
Les Enfants Terribles is a 1929 novel by Jean Cocteau, published by Editions Bernard Grasset.It concerns two siblings, Elisabeth and Paul, who isolate themselves from the world as they grow up, an isolation which is shattered by the stresses of their adolescence.