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  • 11The Hours (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Hours title orig = translator = image caption = author = Michael Cunningham cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux release date = 11… …

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  • 12Gormenghast (castle) — Gormenghast Gormenghast series location Creator Mervyn Peake Genre Gothic fantasy, Fantasy of manners Type Castle …

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  • 13Las horas (novela) — Las horas es una novela escrita por Michael Cunningham. Ganó en 1999 el Premio Pulitzer de ficción, y fue adaptada en una película ganadora del Oscar del mismo nombre protagonizada por Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep y Julianne Moore. Contenido 1… …

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  • 14plump — plump1 plumply, adv. plumpness, n. /plump/, adj., plumper, plumpest, v. adj. 1. well filled out or rounded in form; somewhat fleshy or fat. v.i. 2. to become plump (often fol. by up or …

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  • 15roly-poly — /roh lee poh lee, poh lee/, adj., n., pl. roly polies. adj. 1. short and plumply round, as a person or a young animal. n. 2. a roly poly person or thing. 3. Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and …

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  • 16MUSIC: Der Ring des Nibelungen — ▪ 1997       As the climax to its 41st season, in March 1996 the Lyric Opera of Chicago presented its first ever production of Richard Wagner s four part music drama Der Ring des Nibelungen. Staging The Ring cycle, with a total performance time… …

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  • 17plump — plump1 adjective full and rounded in shape. ↘(of a person) rather fat. verb (often plump something up) make or become full and round. Derivatives plumpish adjective plumply adverb plumpness noun plumpy adjective Origin …

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  • 18slap — I. n. Blow (with something broad), clap. II. ad. (Colloq.) With a slap, plumply, quickly, instantly. III. v. a. Strike (with something broad), dab, pat, spank …

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  • 19roly-poly — ro•ly po•ly [[t]ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, ˌpoʊ li[/t]] adj. n. pl. lies 1) short and plumply round 2) a roly poly person or thing 3) brit. coo Chiefly Brit. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked •… …

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  • 20Rubenesque — Ru•ben•esque [[t]ˌru bəˈnɛsk[/t]] adj. (sometimes l.c.) 1) fia of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Peter Paul Rubens or his paintings 2) cvb plumply voluptuous: a Rubenesque figure[/ex] Etymology: 1910–15 …

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