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pièce de résistance
(Fr.) most outstanding item, particularly applied to the finest dish in a meal.
(The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors)
miles gloriosus
not -sis; pronounced meel'-us glore-ee-oh'-sus; a braggart, particularly a braggart soldier
(The Penguin Dictionary for Writers and Editors)
malevolent / malignant
'Malevolent' is literally 'wishing ill', as a 'malevolent' look or tone of voice. 'Malignant', a more powerful word, means 'wishing to cause harm' as a 'malignant' delight in someone else's misfortunes. With reference to diseases it means 'causing death', as a 'malignant' growth -- contrasted with a 'benign' one which is not normally fatal.
(The Penguin Dictionary of the Confusibles)
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 Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd Wheeler drifted awake in sunlight through a creeping fig that hung in the window, with a squadron of blue jays stomping around on the roof.
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
In 1517, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, feeling great pity for the Indians who grew worn and lean in the drudging infernos of the Antillean gold mines, proposed to Emperor Charles V that Negroes be brought to the isles of the Caribbean, so that they might grow worn and lean in the drudging infernos of the Antillean gold mines.
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"That Look"
posted Wednesday, November 8, 2000:
She gave me that look. You know. That look that says, "I would love to get to know you better." That look that you give someone on the double-take. It made my stomach drop.
I was sitting in my car at a stoplight and as I watch cars round the corner, this beat up pickup truck turns in my direction. We locked eyes. She was my age. Cute, too. Maybe the kind I'd be interested in dating if I were . . .
The right corner of my mouth smirked upwards, awkwardly, and she smiled back. Her eyes never left mine and then she was gone. I felt all warm and dizzy like someone had socked me in the face. What the hell was that? Could I possibly be attracted to a girl?
I've never tested those waters in my life, always knowing I was simply attracted to guys. Now I'm wondering if part of me hasn't woken up yet, hasn't made itself known, or been left behind in my fervor over dick. «
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