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The confidant (/ ˈ k ɒ n f ɪ d æ n t / or / ˌ k ɒ n f ɪ ˈ d ɑː n t /; feminine: confidante, same pronunciation) is a character in a story whom a protagonist confides in and trusts. . Confidants may be other principal characters, characters who command trust by virtue of their position such as doctors or other authority figures, or anonymous confidants with no separate role in the n
different or interesting, exceptional; synonym for cool (short for "radical") [43] [56] [57] railroad tramway (obsolete) (v.) to coerce to convict with undue haste or with insufficient evidence the general term for the system of mass transit using trains running on rails: see usage of the terms railroad and railway (v.) to work on the railroad
A aggravate – Some have argued that this word should not be used in the sense of "to annoy" or "to oppress", but only to mean "to make worse". According to AHDI, the use of "aggravate" as "annoy" occurs in English as far back as the 17th century. In Latin, from which the word was borrowed, both meanings were used. Sixty-eight percent of AHD4's usage panel approves of its use in "It's the ...
The English language has a number of words that denote specific or approximate quantities that are themselves not numbers. [1] Along with numerals, and special-purpose words like some, any, much, more, every, and all, they are quantifiers. Quantifiers are a kind of determiner and occur in many constructions with other determiners, like articles ...
A “lot of other people are encouraging [Cuomo] to run,” the source added. Cuomo resigned in disgrace in August 2021 amid a slew of sexual misconduct allegations and the controversy over ...
In the latest Mexican cartel violence, 19 bodies were found around a dump truck in Chiapas state, officials say, part of a gang war for drug and migrant trafficking routes.
There have been a number of proposals for using pictures, ideograms, diagrams, and other pictorial representations for international communications. Examples range from the original Characteristica Universalis proposed by the philosopher Leibniz in the 17th century, to suggestions for the adoption of Chinese writing , to recent inventions such ...
An example of leveraging your CD for your emergency fund. Let’s say you’ve saved enough money to cover up to six months’ worth of mortgage payments, or about $13,200.