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  • 71Theatre of Tragedy — Liv Kristine de Theatre of Tragedy Pays d’origine Stavanger …

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  • 73blow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knock, stroke, hit; disappointment; blast, wind, breeze, gale. See impulse, surprise. v. brag; gasp, pant, puff; sound; storm, breeze, whiff, waft; slang, miss, squander. See failure, waste. II (Roget …

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  • 74boasting — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Bragging speech Nouns 1. boasting, boast, vaunt[ing], puff, fanfaronade, bluster, gasconade, braggadocio, bravado, swagger, exultation, jactation; gloating, exultation; buncombe (See absurdity); bounce… …

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  • 75crow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. caw; brag, boast, gloat. See boasting, cry. n. raven, blackbird. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. raven, rook, jackdaw, Corvus brachyrhynchos (Latin); see bird 1 . • as the crow flies, Syn. straight, in a… …

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  • 76flaunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. parade, display; brandish. See ostentation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. vaunt, display, parade, show off; see boast 1 . See Synonym Study at show . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. show off, strut,… …

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  • 77rodomontade — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bluster, pretension, grandiloquence, exaggeration; see bravado . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I also rhodomontade noun An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE.… …

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  • 78gasconade — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE. II verb To talk with excessive pride: boast, brag, crow, rodomontade, vaunt. Informal: blow1. See PRAISE …

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  • 79Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery …

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  • 80vain — [13] Latin vānus meant ‘empty’ (it was related to vacuus ‘empty’, source of English vacuum). It passed into English via Old French vain in the sense ‘worthless’, and the main modern meaning ‘conceited’ did not develop until the 17th century. Also …

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