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Search phrase: expressing

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The Merchant of VeniceMV III.v.68Past all expressing. It is very meetPast all expressing, it is very meete
The TempestTem III.iii.38Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, expressing,Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound expressing

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SonnetsSonn.105.8 One thing expressing, leaves out difference. One thing expressing, leaues out difference.

Glossary

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amorousexpressing love
come[expressing impatience, incredulity, exasperation] come on, come off it
discontentedfull of discontent, expressing frustration
heighnonsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
heigh-hoexclamatory sigh expressing weariness, disappointment
hey, hey-hononsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
humouredexpressing a particular disposition; lying, treacherous
importingexpressing significance, full of import
kindlyin accordance with human nature, expressing normal humanity

Thesaurus

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disposition, expressing a particularhumoured
expressing significanceimporting
frustration, expressingdiscontented
humanity, expressing normalkindly
love, expressingamorous
significance, expressingimporting

Themes and Topics

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Comparison...ifferences between the modern system of expressing comparison and the one available to sha...
...lish allows it they include some words expressing absolute notions (such as chief) which...
Exclamations...an english has some distinctive ways of expressing attitudes in short exclamatory sentence...
... as with modern english there are more expressing negative emotions (contempt disdain d...
...a time heigh ho exclamatory sigh expressing weariness disappointment [distinguishe...
Functional shift...are adjectives used as verbs generally expressing the notion of ‘to make [adjective]’ - f...
...onversion is to find more vivid ways of expressing everyday notions or of avoiding abstra...
Past tenses... in english have one inflected form for expressing past time the past tense which is typ...
Responses... person or rhetorically to oneself yes expressing such notions as affirmation assent an...
Withal and withal... final -ll) are chiefly used as adverbs expressing various kinds of additive meaning - usu...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EXPRESSBASICexpressing n

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