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teló de fons Spanish
decorado Painted cloth, screen or curtain used to indicate background scenery on stage or in a studio.
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Upwards; hauling the scenery flat up into the dim heights of the enormous carousel.
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She swung wildly to and fro, moving the whole rippling extent of the scenery flat.
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If I shined stage lights through the back of a scenery flat, it would make the muslin glow like an incubated egg.
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A scenery flat falling over when she was singing, and a breeze almost starting a fire when it knocked over one of the candles onstage.
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Scenery flats, pillars, ropes, spotlights, props were everywhere-wholerooms waiting to be assembled in seconds.
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Santander UK also said the economy made a tough backdrop for banks.
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Shahristani's comments come against the backdrop of a worsening global financial crisis.
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But we've had a really encouraging year against that backdrop, he said.
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Dramatic developments in Israeli politics provide an essential backdrop for this initiative.
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The main international backdrop was further positive indicators in the US economy.
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The gathering happens this year against a surprisingly strong global economic backdrop.
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However, certain planets are creating some strong feelings amid an unreliable backdrop.
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This was a crime ripe for reporting - especially given its backdrop.
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The Russian economy is struggling against the backdrop of slumping energy prices.
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The backdrop is fierce competition among banks for gathering wealth management dollars.
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Later we see a backdrop of sea when the action hits Cyprus.
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The share sales come in the backdrop of Vietnam's strong economic growth.
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All that is set against an increasingly fragile political and structural backdrop.
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Mbembe's assessment comes within the backdrop of an increasingly unequal South Africa.
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He will use London as a backdrop for an election ad campaign.
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Budget 2017 has been framed against a backdrop of strong economic growth.
