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1 write in prose
Общая лексика: писать прозой -
2 prose
prose [prəʊz](a) Literature prose f;∎ to write in prose écrire en prose, faire de la prose;∎ the writer's elegant/rhythmic prose style la prose élégante/rhythmée de l'auteur►► prose poem poème m en prose;prose poetry poésie f en prose -
3 проза
жен. proseпроз|а - ж. (прям. и перен.) prose;
писать ~ой write* prose;
стихотворение в ~е prose poem;
poem in prose;
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4 essay
['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) essay; skriftlig opgave; stil* * *['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) essay; skriftlig opgave; stil -
5 verse
[vɜːs]1) (poem) poesia f., versi m.pl.2) (form) versi m.pl.3) (part of poem, song) strofa f.4) bibl. versetto m.* * *[və:s]1) (a number of lines of poetry, grouped together and forming a separate unit within the poem, song, hymn etc: This song has three verses.) verso, strofa2) (a short section in a chapter of the Bible.) versetto3) (poetry, as opposed to prose: He expressed his ideas in verse.) verso* * *verse /vɜ:s/n.1 [u] (collett.) versi; poesia: free verse, versi liberi; prose and verse, prosa e poesia; a play in verse, un'opera teatrale in versi2 strofa (di una canzone, una poesia): The choir sang the first verse and everyone joined in for the chorus, il coro ha attaccato la prima strofa e tutti si sono uniti al ritornello4 verso: blank verse, verso sciolto ( verso decasillabico non rimato, ampiamente utilizzato da Shakespeare)● to give chapter and verse ( for st.), citare il capitolo e il versetto ( della Bibbia); (fig.) citare (qc.) esattamente, dare un riferimento accurato (di qc.).* * *[vɜːs]1) (poem) poesia f., versi m.pl.2) (form) versi m.pl.3) (part of poem, song) strofa f.4) bibl. versetto m. -
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və:s
1. сущ.
1) строфа;
стих Syn: stanza, strophe
2) поэзия, стихи to cite/give/quote chapter and verse ≈ точно указать источник цитирования to compose verse, to write verse ≈ писать стихи to recite verses ≈ декламировать стихи free verse heroic verse lyrical verse macaronic verse rhymed verse rhyming verse Syn: poetry
2. гл.
1) писать стихи
2) выражать в стихах (стихосложение) стихотворная строка;
стих - a stanza of six *s строфа из шести стихов /строк/ (стихосложение) размер;
форма стиха - iambic * ямбический стих, ямб - blank * белый стих строфа - a poem of five *s стихотворение из пяти строф стихи, поэзия - prose and * проза и поэзия - written in * написанный стихами стихотворение (библеизм) стих - chapter and * глава и стих - to give chapter and * for smth. указать подробности в отношении чего-л. (дела, утверждения, обвинения и т. п.) писать стихи (тж. to * it) выражать в стихах;
придавать стихотворную форму - to * one's love изливать свою любовь в стихах интересоваться чем-л., изучать что-л. - he *d himself in the theatre он хорошо изучил театр ~ стихи, поэзия;
in verse or prose в стихах или в прозе;
lyrical verse лирическая поэзия ~ стихи, поэзия;
in verse or prose в стихах или в прозе;
lyrical verse лирическая поэзия verse выражать в стихах ~ писать стихи ~ стихи, поэзия;
in verse or prose в стихах или в прозе;
lyrical verse лирическая поэзия ~ строфа;
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7 composition
noun4) (construction in writing) (of sentences) Konstruktion, die; (of prose, verse) Verfassen, das; (Mus.) Komposition, die* * *[kompə'ziʃən]1) (something composed, eg music: his latest composition.) die Komposition2) (the act of composing: the difficulties of composition.) das Komponieren3) (an essay written as a school exercise: The children had to write a composition about their holiday.) der Aufsatz4) (the parts of which a thing is made: Have you studied the composition of the chemical?) die Zusammensetzung* * *com·po·si·tion[ˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən, AM ˌkɑ:m-]n1. no pl (in music) Komponieren nt; (in literature) Verfassen nt; (subject of study) Kompositionslehre fis this poem of your own \composition? hast du dieses Gedicht selbst verfasst?* * *["kɒmpə'zISən]n1) (= act of composing of music) Komponieren nt; (of letter) Abfassen nt, Aufsetzen nt; (of poem) Verfassen ntmusic of his own composition —
2) (= arrangement MUS, ART) Komposition f; (MUS = theory of composition also) Kompositionslehre f3) (SCH: essay) Aufsatz mto decide on the composition of sth —
this medicine is a composition of... there is a touch of madness in his composition (old, liter) — dieses Medikament setzt sich aus... zusammen in ihm findet sich die Anlage zum Wahnsinn
5) (= artificial substance) Kunststoff mcomposition by hand — Handsatz m, manueller Satz
* * *1. Zusammensetzung f, Bildung f2. Abfassung f, Entwurf m (einer Schrift etc)3. Schrift(stück) f(n), (Schrift-)Werk n, Dichtung f4. SCHULEa) (Schul)Aufsatz mb) Stilübung f5. LINGa) (Wort)Zusammensetzung fb) Satzkonstruktion f6. Komposition f:a) Musikstück n7. Zusammensetzung f, Verbindung f, Struktur f, Synthese f:chemical composition chemisches Präparat;composition metal Kupferlegierung f8. TYPOa) Setzen n, Satz mb) Walzenmasse f9. Beschaffenheit f, Natur f, Anlage f, Art fcomposition in bankruptcy Zwangsvergleich im Konkursverfahren;11. Übereinkunft f, Abkommen n12. Ablöse(summe) f* * *noun4) (construction in writing) (of sentences) Konstruktion, die; (of prose, verse) Verfassen, das; (Mus.) Komposition, die* * *(printing) n.Satz ¨-e m. n.Abfassung f.Aufsatz -¨e m.Komposition f.Zusammensetzung f. -
8 Literature
The earliest known examples of literary writing in the Portuguese language is a collection of songbooks ( cancioneiros) that date from the 12th century, written by anonymous court troubadours, aristocrats, and clerics with poetic and musical talent. In the 13th and 14th centuries, ballads ( romanceiros) became popular at court. One of these written after the battle of Aljubarrota is considered to be the Portuguese equivalent of the English Arthurian legend. Literary prose in Portuguese began in the 14th century, with the compilation of chronicles ( chrónicos) written by Fernão Lopes de Castenhada who was commissioned by King Duarte (1430-38) to write a history of the House of Aviz.During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese chroniclers turned their attention to the discoveries and the Portuguese overseas empire. The Portuguese discoveries in India and Asia were chronicled by João de Barros, whose writing appeared posthumously under the pen name of Diogo Do Couto; Fernão Lopes de Castenhade wrote a 10-volume chronicle of the Portuguese in India. The most famous chronicle from this period was the Peregrinação (Pilgrimage), a largely true adventure story and history of Portugal that was as popular among 17th-century readers in Iberia as was Miguel de Cer-vantes's Don Quixote. Portugal's most celebrated work of national literature, The Lusiads ( Os Lusíadas), written by Luís de Camões chronicled Vasco da Gama's voyage to India (1497-99) within the context of the history of Portugal.During the period when Portugal was under Spanish domination (1580-1640), the preferred language of literary expression was Castilian Spanish. The greatest writer of this period was Francisco Manuel de Melo, who wrote in Castilian and Portuguese. His most famous work is an eyewitness account of the 1640 Catalan revolt against Castile, Historia de los Movimientos y Separación de Cata-luna (1645), which allowed the Portuguese monarchy to regain its independence that same year.Little of note was written during the 17th century with the exception of Letters of a Portuguese Nun, an enormously popular work in the French language thought to have been written by Sister Mariana Alcoforado to a French officer Noel Bouton, Marquise de Chamilly.Modern Portuguese writing began in the early 19th century with the appearance of the prose-fiction of João Baptista de Almeida Garrett and the historian-novelist Alexandre Herculano. The last half of the 19th century was dominated by the Generation of 1870, which believed that Portugal was, due to the monarchy and the Catholic Church, a European backwater. Writers such as José Maria Eça de Queirós dissected the social decadence of their day and called for reform and national renewal. The most famous Portuguese poet of the 20th century is, without doubt, Fernando Pessoa, who wrote poetry and essays in English and Portuguese under various names. António Ferro (1895-1956) published best-selling accounts of the right-wing dictatorships in Italy and Spain that endeared him to Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who made him the Estado Novo's secretary of national propaganda.The various responses of the Portuguese people to the colonial African wars (1961-75) were chronicled by António Lobo Antunes. In 1998, the noted Portuguese novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, José Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first writer in the Portuguese language of whatever nationality to be so honored. His most famous novels translated into English include: Baltazar and Blimunda (1987), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1991), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1996). -
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noun1) (line) Vers, der2) (stanza) Strophe, dieof or in or with five verses — fünfstrophig
piece of verse — Gedicht, das
written in verse — in Versform
put something into verse — etwas in Verse fassen
* * *[və:s]1) (a number of lines of poetry, grouped together and forming a separate unit within the poem, song, hymn etc: This song has three verses.) der Vers2) (a short section in a chapter of the Bible.) der Vers, der Psalm3) (poetry, as opposed to prose: He expressed his ideas in verse.) die Dichtung* * *[vɜ:s, AM vɜ:rs]nvolume of \verse Gedichtband min \verse in Versen mto recite a \verse [from the Bible/Koran] einen [Bibel-/Koran]vers vortragen* * *[vɜːs]n1) (= stanza) Strophe fa verse from "The Tempest" — ein Vers m aus dem "Sturm"
2) no pl (= poetry) Poesie f, Dichtung fverse drama — Versdrama nt
3) (of Bible, Koran) Vers m* * *A s1. Vers(zeile) m(f)2. Vers(maß) m(n):3. a) Gedicht nb) koll Lyrik f (eines Dichters, einer Epoche etc)4. allg Vers m, Strophe f:of three verses dreistrophigC v/ia) dichten, Verse machenb) pej Verse schmiedenv. abk2. velocity v3. verb4. verse5. JUR SPORT versus, against6. very7. vide, see8. voice11. volumever. abk2. version Vers.vs. abk1. verse2. JUR SPORT besonders US versus, against* * *noun1) (line) Vers, der2) (stanza) Strophe, dieof or in or with five verses — fünfstrophig
piece of verse — Gedicht, das
4) (in Bible) Vers, der* * *n.Strophe -n f.Vers -e m. -
10 simple
['sɪmp(ə)l]adj1) простой, нетрудный, несложный, лёгкийThe boy found the job simple. — Мальчик считал это нетрудной работой.
The tune sounded simple enough. — Мотив звучал достаточно просто.
It wouldn't be so simple to put the decision into practice. — Не так-то легко будет претворить это решение в жизнь.
- simple plan- simple task
- simple explanation2) простой, скромный, непритязательный, простодушный, наивный, доверчивый, легковерныйHe was so simple that he believed everything. — Он был так наивен, что верил всему.
I am not so simple to believe that — я не так прост, чтобы этому поверить.
- simple house- simple building
- simple dinner
- simple meal
- simple diet
- simple pattern
- simple furniture
- simple clothes
- simple soul
- simple people
- simple but well prepared food
- dresses in simple styles
- be so simple that...
- lead a simple life
- look simple
- seem very simple
- sound simple
- write in simple style3) незнатный, рядовой- simple soldier- simple farm4) очевидный, явный, простой- simple fact- simple statement of facts
- it is a simple lie
- simple truth is that...
- it is simple madness
- it is a simple case robbery
- as simple as ABCASSOCIATIONS AND IMAGERY:Прямолинейная речь выглядит как простая, не красочная, простоватая - plain - эти ассоциации видны в следующих контекстах: She was famed for her plain speaking. Она была известна своей безыскусной речью. Every effort is made to write official documents in plain English. Официальные документы пытаются писать на доступном/понятном языке. He was plain - spoken almost to the point of rudeness. Он говорил простовато - прямолинейным языком, часто казавшимся грубоватым. Her prose is lucid and unadorned. Она пишет ясным/доступным языком, без каких-либо прикрас. I want you to give me the unvarnished truth. Я хочу, чтобы ты сказал мне всю, ничем не прикрытую, правду. It is said here in black and white you can get a visa provided you have a job. Правило написано черным по белому - виза не дается людям, не имеющим работы. И наоборот, нелапидарная речь ассоциируется с приукрашиванием: With each retelling Matt would add more embellishments to his story. При каждом новом пересказе история Мэтта становилась все более и более приукрашенной. Fancy writing is often used to obscuse the truth. Чтобы скрыть истину часто прибегают к языковым ухищрениям. Everyone embroiders the truth to some extent. Все в той или иной степени приукрашивают правду. Her colourful account of her life proved a huge success. Ее красочный рассказ о перипетиях ее жизни имел большой успех. They glossed over all the difficult questions. Все сложные вопросф они пытались приукрасить/скрыть за языковыми изысками -
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̈ɪˈstɔ:rɪ I сущ.
1) повесть, рассказ, история;
предание;
сказка to carry, circulate, print, run a story ≈ распространять, печатать, публиковать рассказ, сообщение, статью to change, revise a story ≈ переделать, пересмотреть рассказ to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story ≈ состряпать, придумать рассказ to edit a story ≈ редактирировать рассказ to embellish, embroider a story ≈ приукрасить (напр., выдумкой), расцветить рассказ to narrate, tell a story ≈ рассказывать историю to rewrite a story ≈ переписывать рассказ to write a story ≈ писать рассказ boring story ≈ скучная история ugly story ≈ неприглядная история a story breaks ≈ рассказ прерывается, прекращается a story circulates ≈ история становится известной (большему количеству людей) She told charming stories about her travels. ≈ Она рассказывала о том, как она чудесно путешествовала. Have you heard the story that she intends to resign? ≈ Вы слышали, что она собирается уходить( в отставку) ? bedtime story Canterbury story children's story cock-and-bull story coherent story cover story detective story dirty story farfetched story fairy story feature story front-page story funny story ghost story good story gripping story human-interest story implausible story improbable story juicy story likely story long story love story off-color story plausible story risque story short story sob story true story whole story Syn: tale, narrative, novel
2) чьи-л. слова, чей-л. рассказ according to her (own) story ≈ по ее (собственным) словам
3) сюжет, фабула Syn: plot, subject
4) разг. а) выдумка;
ложь Don't tell stories. ≈ Не сочиняйте. б) россказни, сплетни
5) амер. газетный материал, сообщение в печати All the newspapers carried the story about the fire. ≈ Во всех газетах была статья о пожаре. II = storey повесть;
рассказ - short * рассказ, новелла - good /funny/ * анекдот - blue /off-colour/ * непристойный анекдот - ghost * история с привидениями - detective * детективный роман - love * любовный роман;
рассказ или повесть о любви фабула, сюжет - the main thing in a novel is the * самое главное в романе - это сюжет - I read only for the * я читаю, только чтобы следить за фабулой /за развитием событий/ история;
предание;
сказка - the * of printing история книгопечатания - stories of ancient Greece древнегреческие мифы - to tell smb. one's * /the * of one's life/ рассказать кому-л. историю своей жизни /свою биографию/ - his * is an eventful one его биография богата событиями - a character famous in * and song легендарная личность - the * has been several times handled in both prose and verse это предание не раз излагалось и стихами, и прозой заявление;
что-л. сказанное, чьи-л. слова - according to her (own) * по ее (собственным) словам;
по ее собственному заявлению - that is the whole * вот и все, вот и весь сказ - they all tell the same * они все говорят одно и то же - these bruises tell their own * эти ушибы /синяки, ссадины/ говорят сами за себя - there is a * that... говорят, что... - do you believe his story? вы верите тому, что он говорит? - it was an old * to him он это уже много раз слышал /видел, встречал/ - the witness changed his * свидетель изменил свои показания( разговорное) разговор, рассказ;
россказни, сплетни - scandalous stories are circulated about N. об N. ходят скандальные слухи /сплетни/ - the * is discredited by some не все верят тому, что об этом говорится - many curious stories are told about elephants о слонах рассказывают много любопытного (разговорное) преим. (детское) выдумка, ложь - to tell stories выдумывать, лгать, сочинять, рассказывать сказки, небылицы (американизм) газетный материал, сообщение в печати - to make a * out of a trivial event сделать статью на материале незначительного события - there is a * in him о нем стоит написать /рассказать читателям/ лицо или событие, заслуживающее освещения в печати - the biggest stories of the year важнейшие события года > that is (quite) another * это (совсем) другое дело > it is quite another * now положение теперь изменилось > to make a long * short короче говоря этаж;
ярус - on the third * на четвертом этаже - to add a * to a house надстроить этаж > the top /upper/ * мозги, "котелок" > he is weak in the upper * у него котелок плохо варит - * culture( сельскохозяйственное) культура, возделываемая на уступах или террасах according to his ~ по его словам;
they all tell the same story они все говорят одно и то же ~ рассказ, повесть;
short story короткий рассказ, новелла;
a good (или funny) story анекдот;
Canterbury story = Canterbury tale ~ рассказ, повесть;
short story короткий рассказ, новелла;
a good (или funny) story анекдот;
Canterbury story = Canterbury tale tale: ~ уст. счет, число;
количество;
the tale is complete все в сборе;
Canterbury tale вымысел, сказки, басни case ~ наглядный пример ~ разг., преим. детск. выдумка;
ложь;
don't tell stories не сочиняйте ~ рассказ, повесть;
short story короткий рассказ, новелла;
a good (или funny) story анекдот;
Canterbury story = Canterbury tale ~ история;
предание;
сказка;
the story goes that предание гласит;
his story is an eventful one его биография богата событиями ~ амер. газетный материал;
that is another story это другое дело;
it is quite another story now положение теперь изменилось life ~ жизнеописание news ~ газетный материал shaggy-dog ~ sl анекдот, действующими лицами которого являются животные shaggy-dog ~ sl длинный и скучный анекдот (весь юмор которого заключается в его нелепости) ~ рассказ, повесть;
short story короткий рассказ, новелла;
a good (или funny) story анекдот;
Canterbury story = Canterbury tale story = storey ~ разг., преим. детск. выдумка;
ложь;
don't tell stories не сочиняйте ~ амер. газетный материал;
that is another story это другое дело;
it is quite another story now положение теперь изменилось ~ история;
предание;
сказка;
the story goes that предание гласит;
his story is an eventful one его биография богата событиями ~ рассказ, повесть;
short story короткий рассказ, новелла;
a good (или funny) story анекдот;
Canterbury story = Canterbury tale ~ фабула, сюжет ~ история;
предание;
сказка;
the story goes that предание гласит;
his story is an eventful one его биография богата событиями ~ амер. газетный материал;
that is another story это другое дело;
it is quite another story now положение теперь изменилось according to his ~ по его словам;
they all tell the same story они все говорят одно и то же -
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'esei(a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) ensayo, redacciónessay n redacción / composicióntr['eseɪ]2 (literary) ensayo3 formal use (attempt) intento1 formal use intentaressay ['ɛseɪ, 'ɛ.seɪ] vt: intentar, trataressay ['ɛ.seɪ] n1) composition: ensayo m, trabajo m2) attempt: intento mn.• ensayo s.m.'eseɪnoun ( literary composition) ensayo m; ( academic composition) trabajo m, ensayo m; ( language exercise) composición f, redacción f1.N ['eseɪ](Literat) ensayo m ; (Scol, Univ) trabajo m2.VT [e'seɪ]frm probar, ensayar; [+ task] intentarto essay to — + infin intentar + infin
3.CPD ['eseɪ]essay question N — pregunta f para desarrollar
* * *['eseɪ]noun ( literary composition) ensayo m; ( academic composition) trabajo m, ensayo m; ( language exercise) composición f, redacción f -
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nounEssay, der; Aufsatz, der (bes. Schulw.)* * *['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) der Aufsatz* * *es·say1[ˈeseɪ]es·say2[esˈeɪ]vt ( dated)▪ to \essay sth etw versuchen [o ausprobieren]* * *I [e'seɪ] (form)1. vt(= try) (aus)probieren2. nVersuch m II ['eseɪ]nEssay m or nt; (ESP SCH) Aufsatz m* * *B s [ˈeseı]she made her first essays at cooking sie machte ihre ersten Kochversuche3. Philatelie: Essay m/n (zu Versuchszwecken hergestellte Marke, die für die Herstellung von Postwertzeichen nicht angenommen worden ist)* * *nounEssay, der; Aufsatz, der (bes. Schulw.)* * *n.Abhandlung f.Aufsatz -¨e m. -
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'esei(a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) essay, (skole)stilforsøk--------forsøke--------prøve--------stilIsubst. \/ˈeseɪ\/1) essay, artikkel, kort avhandling2) ( høytidelig) forsøkIIverb \/ˈeseɪ\/( høytidelig) forsøke (seg på), prøveessay with prøve med -
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['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) ritgerð -
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írásbeli dolgozat, kísérlet, esszé to essay: megpróbál* * *['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) esszé -
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['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) composição* * *es.say['esei] n 1 ensaio: peça literária. 2 esforço ou tentativa de realizar algo. 3 ensaio, teste, experiência. 4 trabalho analítico ou interpretativo. • vt tentar, experimentar. -
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n. deneme, girişim————————v. denemek, kalkışmak* * *rapor* * *['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) deneme -
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['esei](a written composition; a piece of written prose: The examination consists of four essays; Write an essay on/about your holiday.) esej* * *I [ései]nounrazpravica, esej; poskus, osnutekII [eséi]transitive verb & intransitive verbposkusiti, poskušati; preizkusiti; (po)truditi se -
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Prose — Prose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prosing}.] 1. To write in prose. [1913 Webster] 2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prose — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prose >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prose prose prose writer GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 prosaicism prosaicism prosaism prosaist proser PARAG:Prose >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 prose … English dictionary for students
prose — n. to write (in) prose * * * [prəʊz] to write (in) prose … Combinatory dictionary
Prose — Prose, v. i. 1. To write prose. [1913 Webster] Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prose interpretation — (also known as prose reading ) is a non memorized event in which competitors choose a published piece of work that is not poetry or drama. The piece should be cut to no more than 10 minutes (with an additional 30 second grace period, the use of… … Wikipedia
prose — [prōz] n. [ME < MFr < L prosa, for prorsa (oratio), direct (speech) < prorsus, forward, straight on < proversus, pp. of provertere, to turn forward: see PRO 2 & VERSE] 1. the ordinary form of written or spoken language, without rhyme… … English World dictionary
prose — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, lucid, plain, simple, straightforward ▪ elegant, flowing, lyrical, poetic ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Prose poetry — This article refers to a poetic form. For the competitive speech event, see Prose Poetry. TOCrightProse poetry is usually considered a form of poetry written in prose that breaks some of the normal rules associated with prose discourse, for… … Wikipedia
prose — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin prosa, from feminine of prorsus, prosus, straightforward, being in prose, contraction of proversus, past participle of provertere to turn forward, from pro forward + vertere to turn … New Collegiate Dictionary
write — verb 1 form letters and words on paper ADVERB ▪ clearly, neatly ▪ Children must learn to write neatly. ▪ busily ▪ She was busily writing in a notebook. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
prose — proselike, adj. /prohz/, n., adj., v., prosed, prosing. n. 1. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse. 2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality,… … Universalium