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  2. English understatement - Wikipedia

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    The French actress Sarah Bernhardt was considered insufficiently understated in English terms. Photograph by Félix Nadar, c. 1864. This attitude of understatement was exemplified by a comment upon Sarah Bernhardt's violent depiction of Cleopatra in the 1891 play of that title: "How different, how very different, from the home life of our own dear Queen!"

  3. 6 Compliments That Land Every Time - AOL

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  4. 50 Compliments Men Got That Stuck With Them - AOL

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    This gave lots of guys the opportunity to boast about the times they were flattered and maybe even blushed a little when receiving a particularly nice compliment. The post 50 Compliments Men Got ...

  5. 135 Genuine Compliments for Men That Will Make Him Feel ... - AOL

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    Share your admiration with these meaningful compliments for men.

  6. Complimentary language and gender - Wikipedia

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    Complimentary language is a speech act that caters to positive face needs. Positive face, according to Brown and Levinson, is "the positive consistent self-image or 'personality' (crucially including the desire that this self-image be appreciated and approved of) claimed by interactions". [1]

  7. British Library Sounds - Wikipedia

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    British Library Sounds (previously named Archival Sound Recordings) is a British Library service providing free online access to a diverse range of spoken word, music and environmental sounds from the British Library Sound Archive. Anyone with web access can use the service to search, browse and listen to 50,000 digitised recordings.

  8. 23 of the Best Backhanded Compliments We’ve Ever Heard - AOL

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    For years, whenever I wanted to compliment someone, I’d quote the film’s famous line: “That’ll do, Pig, that’ll do.” Recently, I finally got my husband to watch the movie with me.

  9. British slang - Wikipedia

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    British slang is English-language slang originating from and used in the United Kingdom and also used to a limited extent in Anglophone countries such as India, Malaysia, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, especially by British expatriates. It is also used in the United States to a limited extent.