especially humorous)

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• humorous — [[t]hju͟ːmərəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone or something is humorous, they are amusing, especially in a clever or witty way. He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him. ...a humorous magazine. Derived words: humorously ADV GRADED ADV with v …   English dictionary

• humorous — adjective deliberately funny and entertaining, especially in a clever way: a humorous account of her travels in South America humorously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• should — strong /SUd/ modal verb negative short form shouldn t 1 used to show that something is the best thing to do because it is morally right, fair, honest etc: He should learn to be more polite. | What you should have done is call the police. | I have …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• meet your maker — often humorous phrase to die He was convinced he was going to meet his maker there and then. Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym Main entry: maker * * * meet your maker (or meet your Maker) : to die …   Useful english dictionary

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• List of the Child Ballads — This list of the Child Ballads contains all the 305 ballad types in Francis James Child s collection Popular English and Scottish Ballads , collected in the 19th century, colloquially known as the Child Ballads; see this for further general… …   Wikipedia

• hail — 1 noun 1 (U) frozen rain drops which fall as hard balls of ice 2 a hail of bullets/stones a large number of bullets, stones etc thrown or fired at someone 3 a hail of criticism/abuse a lot of criticism etc 2 verb (T) to call to someone in order… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• junior — 1 adjective 1 (only before noun) having a low rank in an organization or profession: a junior doctor opposite senior 2 2 be junior to sb to have a lower rank than someone see also: senior 2 2 noun 1 be two/five/ten etc years sb s junior to be two …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English