non-essential

  • 131Spain in non-spanish film —    In ¡Bienvenido Mr. Marshall! (Welcome, Mr. Marshall! Luis G. Berlanga, 1953), a group of Castilian villagers pretend they are Andalusians so that they can appear more worthy candidates for assistance from the Marshall Plan committee. This is a …

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  • 132sine qua non — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lat., [prerequisite, necessity. See importance. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something indispensable: condition, essential, must, necessity, need, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite.… …

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