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This is a list of catchphrases found in American and British english language television and film, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression that has gained usage beyond its initial scope.
There is a connection to the word nesa meaning subject to public ridicule/failure/shame, i.e. "the failure/shame of swords", not only "where the sword first hits/ headland of swords" Kennings can sometimes be a triple entendre. N: Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Glymdrápa 3 ship wave-swine unnsvín: N ship sea-steed gjálfr-marr: N: Hervararkviða 27 ...
Poshlost or poshlost' (Russian: по́шлость, IPA: [ˈpoʂləsʲtʲ]) is a Russian word for a particular negative human character trait or man-made thing or idea.It has been cited as an example of a so-called untranslatable word, because there is no single exact one-word English equivalent.
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Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
He's not so keen to be made into meat, and that makes him the kind of man characters in the show and audience members alike should be investing in." [57] Praising Dinklage, Dan Kois of The New York Times wrote, "He plays Tyrion as the only modern man in a muddy, violent, primal world. He loves good food, good conversation and a good book.
During the War of the Five Kings, the Tickler tortures a variety of peasants, whilst attempting to gain information on the Brotherhood Without Banners. He is the first man killed by the assassin Jaqen H'ghar as part of his debt to Arya Stark. Bernadette (portrayed by Sara Dylan) A handmaiden of Sansa Stark, and later Cersei Lannister. When ...
In Thoughts for the Times on War and Death (1915), Sigmund Freud denounced the cultural stupidity that was the First World War (1914–18); yet, in the essay "Our Attitude Towards Death", recognised the humanity of the participants, and the respect owed them in the mortuary phrase De mortuis nil nisi bene.