to look sternly

  • 111Aaron —    The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter of Levi (Ex. 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning mountaineer, others mountain of strength, illuminator. He was born in Egypt three years before his brother Moses, and a number of years after …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 112Traumnovelle —    (Rhapsody:A Dream Novel)    Originally published in German in 1926, ARTHUR SCHNITZLER’s novella forms the basis for FREDERIC RAPHAEL and STANLEY KUBRICK’s screenplay for EYES WIDE SHUT (1999). Schnitzler’s story bears one significant… …

    The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

  • 113stern — stern1 [stə:n US stə:rn] adj [: Old English; Origin: styrne] 1.) serious and strict, and showing strong disapproval of someone s behaviour ▪ sterner penalties for drug offences stern look/voice/expression etc ▪ Wait! I shouted in my sternest… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 114“Evil Clergyman, The“ —    Letter excerpt (1,720 words); probably written in the fall of 1933. First published (as “The Wicked Clergyman”) in WT(April 1939); first collected in BWS;corrected text in D    The unnamed narrator explains how he is ushered into an attic… …

    An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia

  • 115stern — 1 adjective 1 strict in a very serious and often unpleasant way: a stern teacher | groups calling for sterner penalties for drug offences 2 stern look/expression/rebuke something that someone says or does that expresses disapproval sternly adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English