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Bill Bryson, ShakespeareThe World as Stage – Bill Bryson’s concise biography of William Shakespeare is brilliantly written, humorously insightful, and entirely delightful.
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Embellishment
DEFINITION:
(noun) Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail.
SYNONYMS:
embroidery.
USAGE:
His words were brief and expressive, conveying all that was meant, and no more; no embellishments, no embroidery, no arabesques.
DEFINITION:
(noun) Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail.
SYNONYMS:
embroidery.
USAGE:
His words were brief and expressive, conveying all that was meant, and no more; no embellishments, no embroidery, no arabesques.
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