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| Autor: | Dale-USA |
| E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
| Data: | 07/ABR/2013 10:49 AM |
| Assunto: | The Age of the Understatement |
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Per Merriam-Webster
understatement
noun 1 : the act of understanding : a statement below the truth <understatement of population growth> 2 : restrained statement in ironic contrast to what might be said : studied avoidance of emphasis or exaggeration <we have been taught to value terseness and understatement — Irving Howe> There are some Argentines in Buenos Aires. Feijoada is not bad. There is a lot of water in the Atlantic. ............................................................... The age of.... A period of time when something is common, important, stressed, etc. |
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