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A multi-storied building constructed on steel skeleton, combining extraordinary height with ordinary rooms such as would be found in low buildings, the term originated in the United States in the later 1880s after buildings in New York reached ten stories.
Un edificio de varios pisos construido en esqueleto de acero, altura extraordinaria combinación con habitaciones comunes tales como se encontraría en edificios bajos, el término que se originó en los Estados Unidos en la década de 1880 más adelante después de ...
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 ...
A division of a poem made by arranging the lines into units separated by a space, usually of a corresponding number of lines and a recurrent pattern of meter and rhyme. A poem with such divisions is described as having a stanzaic form, but not all verse is ...
Una división de un poema hecho por organizar las líneas en unidades separadas por un espacio, generalmente de un número correspondiente de líneas y un patrón recurrente de la métrica y la rima. Un poema con esas divisiones se describe como teniendo una forma ...
The dictionary meaning of a word. See also connotation.
El significado del diccionario de una palabra. Véase también connotación.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one object or idea is applied to another, thereby suggesting a likeness or analogy between them.
Una metáfora en la cual una palabra o frase que literalmente denota un objeto o idea se aplica a otro, de tal modo sugiriendo una semejanza o analogía entre ellos.
Extraction of minerals from the crust for industrial use.
Extracción de minerales de la corteza para uso industrial.
Area where plants, turf, decks, walks, etc., have been used to create an outdoor living area that makes the area functional and visually pleasing.
Área donde las plantas, césped, decks, paseos, etc., se han utilizado para crear una zona de vida al aire libre que hace que el área funcional y visualmente agradable.
a U shaped bend in a river or stream.
una curva en forma de U en un río o arroyo.
One of the oldest breeds of show cat, characterized by an extremely long, thick coat, short legs, a wide head with ears set far apart, large eyes and a foreshortened muzzle.
One of the oldest breeds of show cat, characterized by an extremely long, thick coat, short legs, a wide head with ears set far apart, large eyes and a foreshortened muzzle.
The omission of a word or words necessary to complete a grammatical construction, but which is easily understood by the reader, such as "the virtues I esteem" for "the virtues which I esteem." Also, the marks (. . .) or (--) denoting an omission or pause.
The omission of a word or words necessary to complete a grammatical construction, but which is easily understood by the reader, such as "the virtues I esteem" for "the virtues which I esteem." Also, the marks (. . .) or (--) denoting an omission or pause.