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Word of the Day - Learn one new word everyday on Dictionary.com ... The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation. ... For as long as Olympia can remember, her mother has been referred to, within her hearing and without, as an invalid -- an appellation that does not seem to...
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"I see that you are a born American citizen--and an earlier knowledge of that fact would have prevented this little contretemps. ... What a strange contretemps! Its suddenness left me temporarily speechless; the embarrassment of Duare was only too obvious. Yet it was that unusual paradox, a happy contretemps--for me at least.
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en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contretemps
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contretemps
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Australian journal which aims to bring together thinkers and writers in field of Continental Philosophy.
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www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps/
www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps/
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Contretemps 2, May 2001 59; Lars Iyer; Our Responsibility: Blanchot’s Communism; ... Contretemps 2, May 2001 61 do not add our voices to the denunciation of this regime, when we do not, that is, detect the return of what Blanchot calls “1943” in 1986 and today, in our midst, in other forms and in other names.12;
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www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps/2may2001/iyer.pdf
www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps/2may2001/iyer.pdf
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In Play: Outside fencing and dancing, where this word has specialized meanings, contretemps indicates an unpleasant interruption: "Slipping in the mud as he rounded second base was a contretemps that cost Casey his triple and a sprained ankle." Here is how the plural is handled in speaking and writing: "The fire and...
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www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/contretemps
www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/contretemps
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"...Contretemps most pleasingly mix elegance and entertainment, charm and cultural history, in their very unusual production performed with wit and integrity"... The Stage; "Uproariously funny in both conception and performance...
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www.thorn.demon.co.uk/contretemps/Index.html
www.thorn.demon.co.uk/contretemps/Index.html
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; » More From The Times-Picayune; ... A waiter is fired from a restaurant, a non-event most anywhere in America. But this is New Orleans and the restaurant is Galatoire's. A popular waiter's departure from the temple of French-Creole cooking has the well-heeled regulars up in arms and ... ... By Brett Anderson Restaurant writer...
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Summary: "Contretemps (kahn'-tra-tahm) - Etymology: French, from 'contre' (counter) + 'temps' ; (time), from Latin 'tempus': An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things;
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x-files.bytewright.com/arcCo/Contretemps.html
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Look Up User Contretemps ... "Contretemps" does not match any player's name exactly. ... ICC Member Handle:
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www.chessclub.com/finger/Contretemps
www.chessclub.com/finger/Contretemps
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