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Caïn by Henri Vidal, Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1896. Cain is depicted hiding his face in his hand after killing his brother. [1]A facepalm is the physical gesture of placing one's hand across one's face, lowering one's face into one's hand or hands or covering or closing one's eyes.
a group of persons, usually waiting for something, arranged in order of arrival (UK: queue) a lie, short for a line of bull a phrase used for hitting on women, short for pickup line to hit a line drive (a hard straight shot) in baseball liquor: the broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables.
There are several synonyms that refer to human positioning, often used interchangeably, but having specific nuances of meaning. [1] Position is a general term for a configuration of the human body. Posture means an intentionally or habitually assumed position. Pose implies an artistic, aesthetic, athletic, or spiritual intention of the position.
Trying something new: Describe the thrill and apprehension of stepping out of your comfort zone to try something new. 15. Conquering a fear: Write about a fear you faced and overcame, and how it ...
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
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Elegant variation, unnecessary use of synonyms; Euphuism, deliberate excess of literary devices fashionable in 1580s English prose; Order of the Occult Hand, a group of journalists who sneak the phrase "It was as if an occult hand had…" into published copy; Verbosity, in which a speech or writing uses more words than is necessary
something possessing extreme elegance; sometimes a runway category family [5] a group of queens who have been mentored by a drag "mother"; the group may also be referred to as a "house" fierce [2] [5] extremely well put together, well-performed, fashionable, beautiful; high praise. "Her make-up looked fierce." "Her lip sync performance was fierce."