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  • 611971 en Italie — Années : 1968 1969 1970  1971  1972 1973 1974 Décennies : 1940 1950 1960  1970  1980 1990 2000 Siècles : XIXe siècle  XXe siècl …

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  • 62Wesley Addy — Données clés Naissance 4 août 1913 Omaha, Nebraska États Unis Nationalité Américaine Décès …

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  • 63ROMAN POLICIER — Contrairement à une opinion admise, il peut y avoir des romans policiers sans cadavre et même sans policier. Toutes les tentatives pour définir et codifier le genre, si l’on peut parler de genre, ont échoué. Poe, le premier, dans Genèse d’un… …

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  • 64soft-soap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t., informal, flatter, feed a line to, snow (sl.). See flattery. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. Informal. To persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery: blandish, cajole,… …

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  • 65flatter — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To praise unduly] Syn. overpraise, adulate, laud, glorify; see compliment 1 , praise 1 . 2. [To fawn upon] Syn. kowtow to, toady to, butter up*; see compliment 1 , grovel . 3. [To be becoming to a wearer] Syn. become,… …

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  • 66honey — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nectar, syrup, molasses, treacle (British), sugar. Types of honey include: comb, extracted, strained, creamed, wild, mountain, desert, select, grated; linn, basswood, white clover, sweet clover, buckwheat, goldenrod,… …

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  • 67sweet-talk — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I v. flatter, *butter up, cajole, soft soap, *lay it on with a trowel. II n. *bull, *blarney, flattery. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. Informal To persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery …

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  • 68blandishment — flattering speech, 1590s, from BLANDISH (Cf. blandish) + MENT (Cf. ment). Sense of attraction, allurement (often blandishments) is from 1590s …

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  • 69coax — coax, cajole, wheedle, blandish mean to use ingratiating art in persuading or attempting to persuade. Coax implies gentle, persistent efforts to induce another or to draw what is desired out of another {in a coaxing voice, suited to a nurse… …

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  • 70Flatter — Flat ter (fl[a^]t t[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flattering}.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla[eth]ra to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. {Flitter}, {Flutter}, {Flattery}.] …

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