the shock unlocked a flood of tears

См. также в других словарях:

• unlock — Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to unfasten the lock of 2. open, undo 3. to free from restraints or restrictions < the shock unlocked a flood of tears > 4. to furnish a key to ; disclose intransitive verb to become unfastened or freed from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium