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  • 41fashion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Prevailing mode Nouns 1. fashion, style, [bon] ton, society; good society, polite society; drawing room, civilized life, civilization; town; haut or beau monde, high life, court; world; haute couture,… …

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  • 42courtesy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Politeness Nouns 1. courtesy, courteousness; respect; good manners, behavior, or breeding; manners, politeness, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, cultivation, polish, grace, civility, culture,… …

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  • 43Culture gap — A culture gap is any systematic difference between two cultures which hinders mutual understanding or relations. Such differences include the values, behavior, education, and customs of the respective cultures.[1] The term was originally used to… …

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  • 44Fashion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fashion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fashion fashion style ton bon ton| =>! society Sgm: N 1 good society good society polite society Sgm: N 1 monde monde Sgm: N 1 drawing room …

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  • 45Mrs Grundy — For the Archie Comics character, see Miss Grundy. Mrs Grundy is the name of an imaginary English character, who typifies the disciplinary control of the conventional proprieties of society over conduct, the tyrannical pressure of the opinion of… …

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  • 46conduct — con·duct / kän ˌdəkt/ n 1 a: the act, manner, or process of carrying on or managing his conduct of the case was negligent b: an act or omission to act a crime is that conduct which is defined as criminal Louisiana Revised Statutes 2 …

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  • 47conduct — n *behavior, deportment Analogous words: act, deed, *action: demeanor, mien, deportment, *bearing conduct vb 1 escort, convoy, *accompany, attend, chaperon Analogous words …

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  • 48go — vb 1 Go, leave, depart, quit, withdraw, retire are comparable when they mean to move out of or away from the place where one is. Of these terms, go is the most general and the least explicit in its implications; it often is used merely as the… …

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  • 49chaperone — /ˈʃæpəroʊn / (say shapuhrohn) noun 1. an adult who accompanies one or more children or young people on a public outing, as to ensure their safety or that they behave appropriately. 2. an older person, usually a married woman, who, for propriety,… …

  • 50thing — /θɪŋ / (say thing) noun 1. a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object. 2. some entity, object, or creature which is not or cannot be specifically designated or precisely described: the stick had a brass thing on it. 3.… …