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Meanings of leitmotif in inglés
Short, constantly recurring musical phrase, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
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Examples for "leitmotiv"
Examples for "leitmotiv"
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Like a Second City leitmotiv witnesses refused to come forward.
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It traces the leitmotiv of the myth of America's newness, and the secondary myth of nature.
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We prefer to make it, if you will, the leitmotiv which is to accompany all our explanations.
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The "eat first" ritual reoccurs like a leitmotiv in the business world of the Outfit.
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His famous leitmotiv is an attempt to give personality to his characters by something beyond theatrical expedients and light effect.
Usage of leitmotif in inglés
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The tightrope walker balancing between life and death is the novel's leitmotif.
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A concern about figuring things out runs through his conversation like a leitmotif.
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Cadwallader Golden of Colonial fame, in red velvet, furnishes sole leitmotif.
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Love is the leitmotif of nature's symphonic suite, the theme of nature's song.
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The leitmotif was all about combat: skulls, swords, iron crosses.
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Immaturity is becoming the dominant note of his presidency, lack of self-control his leitmotif.
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Then she touches the strings lightly, coaxing an eerie, familiar leitmotif from her instrument.
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Then nothing, except the distant barrel-organ leitmotif of the fairground.
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Over the next two days, this becomes a leitmotif.
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The soundtrack switched to another familiar leitmotif, the frenetic opening bars of "Wipeout."
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Communist symbols such as the red star and the hammer and sickle have been a leitmotif.
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The leitmotif being unpretentiousness, easy-mannered professionalism and graciousness.
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Zhang makes the chrysanthemum the film's visual leitmotif.
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The main themes of "Wishful Drinking," aside from the overarching substance abuse leitmotif, are not surprising.
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In the documentary, author Erica Jong dismisses the film's leitmotif, the throat clitoris, as a ridiculous male fantasy.
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Time and time again, the common leitmotif heard in the declaiming voices is, That's not what happened to me.
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Leitmotif through the time