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  2. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Verbosity - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to Fowler's criticism of several words being used to name the same thing in English prose, in many other languages, including French, it might be thought to be a good writing style. [20] [21] An inquiry into the 2005 London bombings found that verbosity can be dangerous if used by emergency services. It can lead to delay that could ...

  4. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation. Many modern style guides criticize this.

  5. Trump aide 'pushed aside' an Arlington cemetery employee ...

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    An aide to Donald Trump pushed an Arlington National Cemetery employee when the former president visited the site with family members of U.S. service members killed in the Kabul airport attack ...

  6. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    a synonym of among acceptable in British English while seeming old fashioned or pretentious in American English [15] anorak a hooded coat (US parka); a socially impaired obsessive, particularly trainspotters (US geek, trekkie, otaku, etc.) answerphone an automated telephone-answering machine, from the trademark Ansafone (US & UK answering machine)

  7. Aside - Wikipedia

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    An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention, the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. By convention, the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage.

  8. Ingressive sound - Wikipedia

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    The sound is almost guttural and the aspirant is inhaled, not exhaled, air. Thus, for an English-speaker exhaling the response, the exhaled sound is not understood by native Samar-speakers. The American English trouble expression "uh-oh" does not approximate it. Eastern, Western, and Northern Samar have different accents in the same dialect.

  9. List of narrative techniques - Wikipedia

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    E.g., Original sentence: The thesis paper was difficult. After amplification: The thesis paper was difficult: it required extensive research, data collection, sample surveys, interviews and a lot of fieldwork. Anagram: Rearranging the letters of a word or a phrase to form a new phrase or word. E.g., An anagram for "debit card" is "bad credit".