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Meanings of epigram in английском
Синонимы
Examples for "quip"
Examples for "quip"
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The tone is set: they will all quip their way through this.
2
But the quip was lost on Nikki, who stayed her pensive course.
3
At the very least, the moment did not pass without my quip.
4
We're not just talking about the African dictator quip that got banned.
5
One well-timed quip later, and she'd received a charming invitation to dinner.
Usage of epigram in английском
1
He also let loose with an obscene epigram to the effect that:
2
Nor does the trite epigram touch the surface of the real mystery.
3
The burden of the letters, put in epigram, was rattlesnake and bird.
4
In this epigram, however, Martial threatens the eye and not the anus.
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Beyond the point to which Simonides brought it the epigram never rose.
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The dedicatory epigram was one of the earliest forms of Greek poetry.
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Your epigram made all Paris laugh except the hypocrites and the Jesuits.
8
A neatly turned epigram or a clever letter made a social success.
9
Hence the conclusive epigram with which Garrick rewarded an attack on himself:
10
The following is said to be an unpublished epigram of Lord Byron:-
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There is nothing harder to forgive than the sting of an epigram.
12
But even his modesty only served to whet the dart of epigram.
13
The epigram, too, you sent me on the same occasion is charming.
14
The secretary, to borrow an epigram of Sainte-Beuve, both reigns and governs.
15
Constantin Huyghens wrote light verse with intricate metres, and an occasional epigram.
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Lastly they set up an altar, on which was engraven this epigram:
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Translations for epigram
русский
португальский
Epigram through the time
Epigram across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common