Expressions (A–Z)
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He returned upon the thresholds
See: "He returned upon the thresholds."
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He walked and diminished
See: "You opened it and walked away."
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He was deeply embarrassed/ to be ashamed
In literary style: became very embarrassed.
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Her youth's husband
See: "a woman of youth"
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If not
A literary and archaic expression meaning 'if not', that is, in the case that so...
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in shamefacedness
See: 'Shame of Faces.'
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Literary theft/ plagiarism
A literary text that a person publishes under his own name whereas another perso...
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May I not live to see the Redemption if not...(oath) (spoken the truth)
In elevated style: an oath formula, I swear that...
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My mother, I have grown old
See: my great-grandfather
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Poetic license
The permission given to the poet to go beyond the limits of linguistic grammar i...
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