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  • 1lose face — To lose prestige • • • Main Entry: ↑face lose face see under ↑face • • • Main Entry: ↑lose * * * lose face phrase to no longer impress people or be respected by them, especially by showing that you are not in control of a situation …

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  • 2lose — [c]/luz / (say loohz) verb (lost, losing) –verb (t) 1. to come to be without, by some chance, and not know the whereabouts of: to lose a ring. 2. to suffer the loss or deprivation of: to lose one s life. 3. to be bereaved of by death: to lose a… …

  • 3prestige — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, high, immense ▪ Winning the prize carries immense prestige. ▪ low ▪ …

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  • 4lose — verb 1 not keep ADVERB ▪ forever VERB + LOSE ▪ be about to, be going to, be likely to, stand to ▪ The company stands to lose if this deal falls through …

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  • 5The Prestige (film) — Infobox Film name = The Prestige caption = US Promotional poster for The Prestige . director = Christopher Nolan producer = Christopher Nolan Emma Thomas writer = Novel: Christopher Priest Screenplay: Jonathan Nolan Christopher Nolan starring =… …

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  • 6Face (sociological concept) — Face, idiomatically meaning dignity/prestige, is a fundamental concept in the fields of sociology, sociolinguistics, semantics, politeness theory, psychology, political science, communication, and Face Negotiation Theory. Contents 1 Definitions 2 …

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  • 7international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 8Gustave Flaubert — Infobox Writer name = Gustave Flaubert bgcolour = silver imagesize = 199px caption = Gustave Flaubert pseudonym = birthdate = Birth date|1821|12|12|df=yes birthplace = Rouen, France deathdate = death date and age|1880|5|8|1821|12|12|df=y… …

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  • 9Diego Maradona — Maradona redirects here. For other uses, see Maradona (disambiguation). Diego Maradona Diego Maradona in 2010 Personal information …

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  • 10Luis Echeverría — Infobox President | name=Luis Echeverría nationality=Mexican office = President of Mexico term start=December 1, 1970 term end=November 30, 1976 predecessor=Gustavo Díaz Ordaz successor=José López Portillo birth date=birth date and age|1922|01|17 …

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