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lout, young troublemaker (origin: boy spelt backwards) [81] yomp to move on foot across rough terrain carrying heavy amounts of equipment and supplies without mechanised support (Royal Marines slang popularised by the Falklands War of 1982, army equivalent is to tab). Also used informally for any walk across rough ground. yonks a long time, ages.
The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
Troublemaker, The Troublemaker, Trouble Maker, or Trouble Makers may refer to: Film. Troublemaker Studios, a Texan film production company founded by Robert ...
An oxymoron (plurals: oxymorons and oxymora) is a figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction. As a rhetorical device , an oxymoron illustrates a point to communicate and reveal a paradox .
Unsure of her singing ability, Lawrance asked to be replaced by another actress who would be better suited for the role. Columbia refused and Lawrance reluctantly made the film, but the studio branded her as a troublemaker, and in 1953 she was released from her contract.
For example, a country that Trump targets with punitive tariffs may come to the negotiating table to try to resolve a conflict, as Canada and Mexico did to help reduce the flow of fentanyl and ...
In November 2011, Cube Entertainment labelmates Hyun-seung (former member of Beast) and Hyuna (former member of 4Minute and Wonder Girls) formed the duo Trouble Maker. [1] ...
There’s probably no better example of hot chicken’s trendiness than Dave’s Hot Chicken, which began in an L.A. parking lot in 2017 and is now on track to reach 300 stores by the end of the year.