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A stanza of six lines, especially the last six lines of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet.
Una estrofa de seis líneas, especialmente las últimas seis líneas de un italiano o un soneto de Petrarca.
Any of various simple submicroscopic parasites of plants, animals, and bacteria that often cause disease and that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat. Unable to replicate without a host cell, viruses are typically not ...
Cualquiera de varios simples submicroscópicos parásitos de plantas, animales y bacterias que a menudo causan enfermedades y que consisten esencialmente en un núcleo de ARN o ADN rodeado por una cubierta proteica. Incapaz de replicar sin una célula huésped, ...
A form of humor based on exaggerated, improbable incongruities. Farce involves rapid shifts in action and emotion, as well as slapstick comedy and extravagant dialogue. Malvolio, in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, is a farcical character.
Una forma de humor basado en incongruencias exagerados, improbables. Farsa implica cambios rápidos en la acción y emoción, así como comedia slapstick y extravagante diálogo. Malvolio, en noche de reyes de Shakespeare, es un personaje grotesco.
Ophthalmic lens worn in front of, but not in contact with, the eyeball.
Lentes oftalmológicos que se usan en frente de, pero no en contacto con, los globos oculares
Frozen dessert is the generic name for desserts made by freezing liquids, semi-solids, and sometimes even solids. They may be based on flavored water (shave ice, sorbet, snow cones, etc.), on fruit purées, on milk and cream (most ice creams), on custard ...
Postres congelados es el nombre genérico de los postres realizados congelando líquidos, semi-sólidos y a veces incluso sólidos. Pueden estar basados en agua saborizada (raspados, helado de agua, conos de nieve, etc.), en purés de fretas, en leche y crema (la ...
A protagonist who has the opposite of most of the traditional attributes of a hero. He or she may be bewildered, ineffectual, deluded, or merely pathetic. Often what antiheroes learn, if they learn anything at all, is that the world isolates them in an ...
Un protagonista que tiene el contrario de la mayoría de los atributos tradicionales de un héroe. Él o ella puede ser aturdido, ineficaz, engañados o simplemente patético. A menudo lo antihéroes aprenden, si se enteran de nada en absoluto, es que el mundo les ...
Also Known As: Docu. A non-fiction narrative without actors. Typically a documentary is a journalistic record of an event, person, or place. See also: cinema verité.
También conocido como: Docu. Un relato de ficción sin actores. Típicamente un documental es un registro periodístico de un evento, persona o lugar. Vea también: cinema verité.
Most abundant coloring material on earth, responsible for brown and sometimes black color in natural rock and fired clays. In oxidation firings, the red ferric oxide remains very refractory, but in reduction firing and or at high-fire temperatures it ...
Most abundant coloring material on earth, responsible for brown and sometimes black color in natural rock and fired clays. In oxidation firings, the red ferric oxide remains very refractory, but in reduction firing and or at high-fire temperatures it ...
the main verticals of walls or doorways that support a lintel.
los principales verticales de las paredes o las puertas que apoyan un dintel.
An extended metaphor is a sustained comparison in which part or all of a poem consists of a series of related metaphors. Robert Francis’s poem "Catch" relies on an extended metaphor that compares poetry to playing catch. See metaphor.
An extended metaphor is a sustained comparison in which part or all of a poem consists of a series of related metaphors. Robert Francis’s poem "Catch" relies on an extended metaphor that compares poetry to playing catch. See metaphor.