a smile flickered across her face

  • 1smile — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bright, broad, huge, wide ▪ She had a big smile on her face. ▪ faint, slight …

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  • 2flicker — [[t]flɪ̱kə(r)[/t]] flickers, flickering, flickered 1) VERB If a light or flame flickers, it shines unsteadily. Fluorescent lights flickered, and then the room was brilliantly, blindingly bright... A television flickered in the corner. N COUNT… …

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  • 3literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 4flicker — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ faint, slight, small, tiny ▪ She caught the faintest flicker of amusement on his face. ▪ brief ▪ sud …

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