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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Beyond the veil [2] The mysterious place after death. Neutral. Originally used to refer to the 'veil' that hides the innermost sanctuary of the Temple in Jerusalem. Sometimes refers to just a mysterious place. Big sleep [2] To die or be killed. Euphemistic. Could be in reference to Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep'.

  3. Crying - Wikipedia

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    Crying. Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state or physical pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, joy, and fear. Crying can also be caused by relief from a period of stress or anxiety, or as an empathetic response. The act of crying has been defined as "a ...

  4. Heteronym (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    verb past tense of bless: bow / ˈ b oʊ / noun a stringed weapon, or the initiator of sound in some stringed musical instruments. noun an object that you clip or tie on to your hair to keep it from falling into your face / ˈ b aʊ / verb to bend in respect noun the front of a boat or ship buffet / b ə ˈ f eɪ / or / ˈ b ʊ f eɪ / noun ...

  5. Tears Are Falling - Wikipedia

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    A video to promote the single was filmed in London in September 1985, and was directed by David Mallet. It was one of three videos produced in promotion of the 'Asylum' album, along with 'Uh! All Night' and 'Who Wants to Be Lonely'. Despite the low production values of the 'Tears Are Falling' video, it was heavily played on MTV 's Dial MTV ...

  6. Peripeteia - Wikipedia

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    Peripeteia / ˌpɛrəpɪˈteɪ.ə / (alternative Latin form: Peripetīa, ultimately from Greek: περιπέτεια) is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature; its anglicized form is peripety.

  7. Saudade - Wikipedia

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    Saudade, as well as love suffering, is a common theme in many villancicos and cantigas composed by Portuguese authors; for example: "Lágrimas de Saudade" (tears of saudade), which is an anonymous work from the Cancioneiro de Paris. Fado is a Portuguese music style, generally sung by a single person (the fadista) along with a Portuguese guitar.

  8. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Emotions. v. t. e. Schadenfreude (/ ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another. It is a borrowed word from German; the English word for it ...

  9. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    Pleonasm. Pleonasm (/ ˈpliː.əˌnæzəm /; from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλέον (pléon) 'to be in excess') [1][2] is redundancy in linguistic expression, such as in "black darkness," "burning fire," "the man he said," [3] or "vibrating with motion." It is a manifestation of tautology by traditional ...