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  • 11Marcelino pan y vino — The miracle of Marcelino (1955)    One of the first international hits of Spanish cinema (a great success in Italy and other Catholic countries), Ladislao Vajda s Marcelino pan y vino is also, in spite of its sentimentalism and topical aspects,… …

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  • 12Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …

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  • 13grin — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, broad, Cheshire (AmE), Cheshire cat, huge, large, wide ▪ faint, feeble …

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  • 14dejection — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sadness Nouns 1. dejection, dejectedness, depression; lowness or depression of spirits; weight or damp on the spirits; low, bad, drooping, or depressed spirits; sinking heart, heaviness of heart;… …

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  • 15wry — [[t]ra͟ɪ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If someone has a wry expression, it shows that they find a bad situation or a change in a situation slightly amusing. Matthew allowed himself a wry smile... She cast a wry glance in her grandmother s… …

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  • 16deprecatory — adjective 1) deprecatory remarks Syn: disapproving, censorious, critical, scathing, damning, condemnatory, denunciatory, disparaging, denigrating, derogatory, negative, unflattering; disdainful, derisive, snide 2) …

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