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Meanings of highlife in anglès
català
prodigalitat espanyol
gran vida Sinònims
Examples for "extravagance"
Examples for "extravagance"
1
The extravagance of the debates of those years amazes the modern reader.
2
That said, it was still a stunning example of balls-out gamer extravagance.
3
People shook their heads; a few suggested speculations; all agreed on extravagance.
4
Wealth rolled in upon him; he entered upon a career of extravagance.
5
But the extravagance of the satire in some measure injures its effect.
1
Those tales of the Far South were given out with some prodigality.
2
She had no care for the future, and exceeded men in prodigality.
3
The effects of misconduct are often the same as those of prodigality.
4
But neither is liberality a principal virtue, nor prodigality a capital vice.
5
Schubert, alone of all the composers, resembles him in his lyric prodigality.
1
His lavishness was indiscriminate except in that he entertained only the rich.
2
And you know the lavishness of the big ranches, then and now.
3
To all questions as to the surprising lavishness of cost, Diggory replied:
4
She sheds it on me hourly with a lavishness which scares me.
5
The liberal man tends to err in the direction of lavishness.
1
That is the way things are managed in high life in Europe.
2
The event was eagerly anticipated in the fashionable circles of high life.
3
It was a great dinner-all in the tastes of high life.
4
I'll retire with all this beautiful money, and live the high life.
5
I always thought the high life, the cigarettes, would see her off.
Usage of highlife in anglès
1
Into this maelstrom of the Herculaneum highlife our mad ox eagerly plunged.
2
He started off with highlife but then got down with Afro-funk.
3
All sorts of musical ingredients and outside influences entered the highlife mix during its glorious heyday.
4
His early recordings were in the highlife style, the first modern popular music of Ghana and Nigeria.
5
Generally I shy away from putting music into boxes but for highlife I'm happy to make an exception.
6
Thousands of highlife recordings have been preserved in vinyl and tape but many of them have not yet been digitised.
7
A tune like 'Ata' is built on a lovely biscuit-tin guitar riff, reminiscent of that Afro-pop style known as highlife.
8
The perfect Spanish night in Food: Even if you're stuck in the UK you can get a taste of the Spanish highlife.
9
One of the best known musical genres from West Africa is highlife which originated in Ghana at the beginning of the 20th Century.
10
Inspired by highlife, reggae and dance sounds emanating from Ghana's streets and clubs, the track represents something different from digitally driven dance music.
11
Wouldn't I look great comin' up here buttin' in, wit youse bunch of highlifes?
12
Her father is the Highlife legend Pat Thomas and her mother and grandfather were also well-known performers.
13
Early birds get the worm with Highlife.ie on December 3, 10 and 17.
14
Highlife originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century, a merger of the melodic, rhythmic structures of traditional Akan music with western instruments.
15
Into this maelstrom of the Herculaneum highlife our mad ox eagerly plunged.
16
He started off with highlife but then got down with Afro-funk.
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Translations for highlife
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