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  • 61Summer Breeze — Summer Breeze  крупный ежегодный немецкий фестиваль метал музыки, который проводится с 1997 го года, как правило, во второй половине августа. До 2005 го года фестиваль проводился в Абтсгмюнде, около Аалена. После переместился в Динкельсбюль… …

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  • 62cliché — /klee shay , kli /, n. 1. a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox. 2 …

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  • 63trite — tritely, adv. triteness, n. /truyt/, adj., triter, tritest. 1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter. 2. characterized by hackneyed expressions,… …

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  • 64image — noun 1 impression of sb/sth given to the public ADJECTIVE ▪ good, positive ▪ negative ▪ tarnished ▪ The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image. ▪ …

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  • 65bromide — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, banality, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, familiar tune, general idea, generalization, generalized proposition, glittering generality, hackneyed expression, hackneyed saying,… …

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  • 66platitude — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, banality, bromide, chestnut, cliche, commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, familiar tune, general idea, generalization, generalized proposition, glittering generality, hackneyed expression, hackneyed… …

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  • 67expression — n. phrase 1) a colloquial; common; elliptical; figurative; fixed; hackneyed, trite; idiomatic; technical expression look 2) an angry; dead pan; grave, serious; happy; intense; pained; pleasant; puzzled, quizzical; vacuous expression (she had a… …

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  • 68phrase — n. 1) to coin; turn a phrase 2) a colloquial; empty; glib; hackneyed, trite; well turned phrase 3) (grammar) a noun; participial; prepositional; verb phrase * * * [freɪz] empty glib hackneyed participial prepositional trite turn a phrase …

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  • 69corny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., slang, sentimental, mushy, sticky; old fashioned, stale, musty, banal, sticky. See sensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stale, trite, sentimental, unsophisticated; see dull 4 , sentimental ,… …

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  • 70musty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stale, fusty, moldy. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Spoiled] Syn. moldy, putrid, rank; see rotten 1 , spoiled . 2. [Stale with age] Syn. fusty, dusty, moth eaten, crumbling, dry,… …

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