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high-sounding phrases

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  • -sounding — [[t] saʊndɪŋ[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED sounding combines with adjectives to indicate a quality that a word, phrase, or name seems to have. → See also high sounding Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive sounding phrases.… …   English dictionary

  • high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …   Useful english dictionary

  • States of the Church — • Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754 1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. States of the Church     States of the Church …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Dov Gruner — (Hebrew: דב גרונר‎) was a Jewish Zionist leader born in Kisvárda, Hungary on December 6, 1912. On April 19, 1947, he was executed by the British Mandatory authorities in Palestine on the charge of firing on policemen, and setting explosive… …   Wikipedia

  • Jean Gerson — Jean Charlier de Gerson Born December 13, 1363(1363 12 13) Gerson, Champagne, France Died July 12, 1429( …   Wikipedia

  • rant — I. v. n. Spout, declaim (boisterously), rave (in high sounding phrases), vociferate, mouth, tear a passion to tatters. II. n. Fustian, bombast, rhodomontade, exaggeration, boisterous declamation …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction  history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …   Universalium

  • slang — slang1 /slang/, n. 1. very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road. 2. (in English and some other languages) speech and …   Universalium

  • looking — I noun 1. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually (Freq. 1) he went out to have a look his look was fixed on her eyes he gave it a good looking at his camera does his looking for him • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • fus|tian — «FUHS chuhn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a coarse, heavy cloth made of cotton and flax. Fustian was used for clothing in Europe throughout the Middle Ages. 2. a thick cotton cloth like corduroy or velveteen. It is twilled and has a short pile or nap …   Useful english dictionary

  • Brazilian Portuguese — (Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil; pt BR) is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants[1] of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States,… …   Wikipedia

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