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if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi
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Singing is probably the better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it's cheaper, too.
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Experiences is just paying attention as time passes.
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Singing when no one else is around is always good. I especially like belters. Good, loud singing is probably better medicine than half the stuff they sell in pill bottles, and it's cheaper, too. I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feel of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.
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The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.
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It doesn't really matter [if she ever wears the dress], as long as she loves it. She'll wear it a hundred times in her imagination before she even tries it on again. As long as she has the option of wearing it, she'll be happy.
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This isn't a thrift store... We're not selling them something less expensive, we're selling them something more special. We have to tell them the story of what we're showing them. And then we have to show them how they can be the new heroine in the story.
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sometimes, it seems to me that, the smaller the things is that people want, the bigger the disappointment when they don't get it, or it's not exactly right -dora
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laugh a minute very funny: it's a laugh a minute when Lois gets together with her dad. # laugh out of the other side of one's mouth be discomfited after feeling satisfaction or confidence about something: you'd be laughing out the other side of your mouth if we were sitting in jail right now. # laugh someone/something out of court dismiss with contempt as being obviously ridiculous. # laugh oneself silly (or sick) laugh uncontrollably or fo..
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I like someone who laughs, but not all the time, and not too loud. I like it when someone laughs at the world, and not at someone in particular -- when some particularly absurd thing happens, not just someone falling down.
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I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feeling of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.
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sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of contempt or derision: she couldn't help laughing at his jokes; he laughed out loud | [with direct speech] she laughed, "Not a chance." - (laugh at) ridicule; scorn. - (laugh something off) dismiss something embarrassing, unfortunate, or potentially serious by treating it in a lighthearted way or making a joke of it. - (b..
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And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me.
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an*i*mad*vert v. [intrans.] (animadvert on/upon/against) FORMAL pass criticism or censure on; speak out against:
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disdain
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pan*e*gyr*ic n. a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something:
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ac*cou*cheur n. a male midwife.
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a*vun*cu*lar adj. 1 of or relating to an uncle. kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person:
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dearth n. [in sing.] a scarcity or lack of something: there is a dearth of evidence. See note at LACK. Middle English derthe (originally in the sense 'shortage and dearness of food')
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laugh*ing hy*e*na n. another term for SPOTTED HYENA. Linked entries: SPOTTED HYENA # laugh*ing jack*ass n. AUSTRAL. the laughing kookaburra. See KOOKABURRA. Linked entries: KOOKABURRA # laugh*ing*ly adv. with amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness: we finally reached what we laughingly called civilization. in an amused way; with laughter. laugh*ing*stock n.
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laugh*ing thrush n. a gregarious thrushlike babbler of South and Southeast Asia, typically with dark gray or brown plumage and a boldly marked head, and having a cackling call. Genus Garrulax, family Timaliidae: many species. Laugh*lin a community in southern Arizona, across the Colorado River from Bullhead City; pop. 4,791. laugh*ter n. the action or sound of laughing: he roared with laughter. Old English hleahtor, of Germanic origin; r..
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Henry IV (1367-1413), son of John of Gaunt; reigned 1399-1413; known as Henry Bolingbroke. He overthrew Richard II, establishing the Lancastrian dynasty. Henry V (1387-1422), son of Henry IV; reigned 1413-22. He renewed the Hundred Years War soon after coming to the throne and defeated the French at Agincourt in 1415. Henry VI (1421-71), son of Henry V; reigned 1422-61 and 1470-71. Henry VII (1457-1509), the first Tudor king; son of Edmu..
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first divorce, from Catherine of Aragon, was opposed by the pope, leading to England's break with the Roman Catholic Church. Hen*ry 2 (1394-1460), Portuguese prince; known as Henry the Navigator. The third son of John I of Portugal, he organized many voyages of exploration, most notably south along the African coast, thus laying the foundation for Portuguese imperial expansion around Africa to the Far East. Hen*ry 3 the name of
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chap*tal*i*za*tion n. (in winemaking) the correction or improvement of must by the addition of calcium carbonate to neutralize acid, or of sugar to increase alcoholic strength. chap*tal*ize v. late 19th cent.: from the name of Jean A. Chaptal (1756-1832), the French chemist who invented the process, + -ization (see -IZE). Linked
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William Burnham (1824-87), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1880-87. A judge on the circuit court, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Hayes. wood sage n. another term for
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self-propelled or directed by remote control, carrying a conventional or nuclear explosive. early 17th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'suitable for throwing (at a target)'): from Latin missile, neuter (used as a noun) of missilis, from miss- 'sent', from the verb mittere. mis*sile*ry n. 1 the study
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pter*an*o*don n. a large tailless pterosaur of the Cretaceous period, with a long toothless beak, a long bony crest, and a wingspan of up to 7 m.
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cane n. 1 the hollow, jointed stem of a tall grass, esp. bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan. - any plant that produces such stems. - stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker used as a material for making furniture or baskets: [as adj.] a cane coffee table. - short for SUGAR CANE. - a flexible, woody stem of the raspberry plant or any of its relatives. 2 a length of cane or a slender stick, esp. one used as a suppo..
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n. 1 a state of extreme physical or mental fatigue: he was pale with exhaustion. 2 the action or state of using something up or of being used up completely: the rapid exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves. - the action of exploring a subject or options so fully that there is nothing further to be said or discovered: the total exhaustion of viable systematic alternatives. - [LOGIC] the process of establishing a conclusion by eliminating all th..
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sen*ten*tious adj. given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner:
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es*se n. [PHILOSOPHY] essential nature or essence.
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fub*sy adj. (fub*si*er, fub*si*est) BRIT., INFORMAL fat and squat.
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cas*u*ist*ry n. the use of clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
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bane n. [usu. in sing.] a cause of great distress or annoyance: the bane of the decorator is the long, narrow hall; the depressions that were the the bane of her existence.
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twisted expression on a person's
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u*kase n. an edict of the Russian government: Tsar Alexander I issued his famous ukase unilaterally decreeing the North Pacific Coast Russian territory. an arbitrary command: defying the publisher in the very building from which he had issued his ukase.
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quo*tid*i*an adj. [attrib.] of or occurring every day; daily: the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic. - ordinary or everyday, esp. when mundane: his story is an achingly human one, mired in quotidian details.
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born in England. He is remembered for character roles such as Henry VIII (The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933) and Captain Bligh (Mutiny on the Bounty, 1935); he also played Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). launce n. another term for SAND EEL. early 17th cent.: early variant of LANCE (because of its shape). Linked entries: SAND EEL # LANCE # Laun*ce*lot variant spelling of LANCELOT. Linked entries: LANCELOT # launch 1 v. [..
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publication) to the public for the first time: the company has launched a software package specifically for the legal sector. # n. an act or an instance of launching something: the launch of a new campaign against drinking and driving. an occasion at which a new product or publication is introduced to the public: a book launch. # launch into begin (something) energetically and enthusiastically: he launched into a two-hour sales pitch. # ..
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called MOTOR LAUNCH. HISTORICAL the largest boat carried on a man-of-war. late 17th cent. (denoting the longboat of a man-of-war): from Spanish lancha 'pinnace', perhaps from Malay lancharan, from lanchar 'swift, nimble'. Linked entries: MOTOR LAUNCH # launch*er n. a structure that holds a rocket or missile during launching. - a rocket that is used to convey a satellite or spacecraft into orbit. - a catapult for aircraft. - an attachment..
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pad (also launch*ing pad ) n. the area on which a rocket stands for launching, typically consisting of a platform with a supporting structure. launch ve*hi*cle n. a rocket-powered vehicle used to send artificial satellites or spacecraft into space. laun*der v. [trans.] wash, or wash and iron, (clothes or linens): he wasn't used to laundering his own bed linens | [as adj., with submodifier] (laundered) freshly laundered sheets. - conceal th..
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laun*dry list n. a long or exhaustive list of people or things: there's a laundry list of possible triggers for migraines. laun*dry*man n. (pl. -men) a man who is employed to launder clothes and linens, or deliver them to customers. Laur*a*sia a vast continental area believed to have existed in the northern hemisphere and to have resulted from the breakup of Pangaea in Mesozoic times. It comprised the present North America, Greenland, Europ..
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short for POET LAUREATE. # adj. POETIC/LITERARY wreathed with laurel as a mark of honor. (of a crown or wreath) consisting of laurel. lau*re*ate*ship n. late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin laureatus, from laurea 'laurel wreath', from laurus 'laurel'. Linked entries: POET LAUREATE # Lau*rel a city in central Maryland, between Washington, DC, and Baltimore; pop. 19,960. lau*rel n. 1 any of a number of shrubs and other plants ..
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