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Значения термина drop curtain на английском

A curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery.

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Examples for "drop"
Examples for "drop"
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That tinkering saw the support for 'yes' drop to 49 per cent.
News.com.au
2
However, he decided to drop out in 1981 during his second year.
The South African
3
For different reasons, both parties are likely to see their vote drop.
The Guardian
4
The fight to pressure the state to drop the case is on.
Ebony
5
She did, however, drop a hint about a possible new television role.
The Guardian
1
Lee plopped down on the paint-splattered drop cloth that covered the polished wood floor.
Water, stone, heart
2
She carefully removed the items and laid them out on a plastic drop cloth.
The athena project: a thriller
3
Barbara looked at the splotches that covered the drop cloth, cringed and sat down.
Day by day
4
I had spread a drop cloth on the floor while I was waiting for him.
Leaving Time
5
He pulled out several tiny ink caps and tacked them down to the drop cloth.
Ink Exchange
Использование термина drop curtain на английском
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The drop curtain is fast descending; only a yard of space remains.
A Mere Accident
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Never look at the audience from the wrong side of the drop curtain.
The Guardian
3
Mine has a blush for every twig, and a drop curtain for every branch.
What Dreams May Come
4
In the cars the double windows, covered with frost, were about as transparent as a drop curtain.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
5
The orchestra had already commenced the prelude to a vaudeville turn, and the drop curtain had revealed the stage.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
6
Farther still, vision faint, remote and immaculate, the white peaks of the Sierra hung, a painting on the drop curtain of the sky.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
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The hangings fell instantly like the drop curtain of a theatre, its rustle overwhelmed in the vociferous yell that rang to the echoing roof.
The Strong Arm
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Across this was a drawbridge, which was raised and dropped at fitting intervals, and the drop curtain was made to represent a massive castle door.
My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
9
The only Laugh in the Piece was when the Drop Curtain refused to work.
Ade's Fables
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I knew that when the storm started again, it would be instantaneous, a dropped curtain.
Stiltsville: a novel
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Meanwhile we sit, as it were, facing a vast stage, in front of us a dropped curtain.
The Trade Union Woman
12
With buttoned door and dropped curtains the little woman made haste to array herself in her finest raiment.
Twilight Stories
13
From it dropped curtains, shimmering, nebulous as the marching folds of the aurora; they poured, cascaded, from the amethystine band.
The Metal Monster
14
Through the dropped curtain they saw the world brokenly; the light in the cave was sunken and dim, the air cold.
Foes
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"The Drop Curtain," by Degas.
A Mere Accident