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71Borau, José Luis — b. 1929, Zaragoza Filmmaker and film critic Noted particularly for his successful anti Franco film Furtivos (Poachers) (1975) in which he played the role of the civil governor, Borau has always aimed to broaden the scope and influence of… …
72cruel — [[t]kru͟ːəl[/t]] crueller, cruellest (in AM, use crueler, cruelest) 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. Children can be so cruel... Don t you think it s cruel to… …
73cruel — adjective (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) disregarding or taking pleasure in the pain or suffering of others. ↘causing pain or suffering. Derivatives cruelly adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from L. crudelis, related to crudus (see crude) …
74cruel */*/ — UK [ˈkruːəl] / US [ˈkruəl] adjective Word forms cruel : adjective cruel comparative crueller superlative cruellest 1) a) someone who is cruel enjoys causing pain to other people or animals, or enjoys making them unhappy or upset a cruel parent… …
75cruel — has the forms crueller, cruellest in BrE and crueler, cruelest in AmE …
76doubling of final consonants in inflection — The table below explains the differing practice in English shown by the forms hotter, enrolled, offered, targeted, in which the root word (hot, enrol, offer, target) ends in a single consonant. Practice can also differ with the same word in BrE… …
77cruel — ► ADJECTIVE (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) 1) disregarding or taking pleasure in the pain or suffering of others. 2) causing pain or suffering. DERIVATIVES cruelly adverb. ORIGIN …
78cruelly — cruel ► ADJECTIVE (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) 1) disregarding or taking pleasure in the pain or suffering of others. 2) causing pain or suffering. DERIVATIVES cruelly adverb. ORIGIN …
79dear — This has been one of the commonest terms of address in English since the thirteenth century. In a count of fifty novels dealing with fairly contemporary life, ‘dear’ used on its own as a friendly term occurred 243 times. There were a further… …
80cruel — adj. & v. adj. (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) 1 indifferent to or gratified by another s suffering. 2 causing pain or suffering, esp. deliberately. v.tr. (cruelled, cruelling) Austral. sl. thwart, spoil. Derivatives: cruelly adv.… …
