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  • 111Flores, Lola — (1923 1995)    Lola Flores was one of the greatest folkloric singers during the Franco period, and one of the very few who enjoyed a sustained film career. Even as a teenager, she became famous for her fiery, passionate displays on stages… …

    Guide to cinema

  • 112Flores, Lola — (1923 1995)    Lola Flores was one of the greatest folkloric singers during the Franco period, and one of the very few who enjoyed a sustained film career. Even as a teenager, she became famous for her fiery, passionate displays on stages… …

    Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • 113cliché — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stereotype, plate, cut (See printing); truism, commonplace, platitude; banality, triviality, bromide (inf.). See maxim. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, stereotype,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 114thin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. slender, lean, narrow (see narrowness); watery, weak, di luted; attenuated; faint, dim, threadlike; fine, delicate; poor, lame (as an excuse); flimsy, sheer, filmy. See rarity, weakness,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 115deaden — dead·en || dedn v. diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 116deadened — dead·en || dedn v. diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 117deadening — n. soundproofing material or device; numbing substance dead·en || dedn v. diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 118deadens — dead·en || dedn v. diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 119dry — I. a. 1. Free from moisture, dried. 2. Arid, parched. 3. Thirsty, craving drink. 4. Uninteresting, barren, dull, jejune, meagre, tame, vapid, dreary, tiresome, tedious, unembellished, plain. 5. Sarcastic, severe, sly, keen, sharp. II. v. a.… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 120expressive — expressive, eloquent, significant, meaningful, pregnant, sententious mean clearly conveying or manifesting a thought, idea, or feeling or a combination of these. Something is expressive which vividly or strikingly represents the thoughts,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms