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• remark — 01. Claude Levi Strauss once [remarked] that the world began without man, and it will complete itself without him. 02. New medicines have helped many AIDS patients make a [remarkable] recovery. 03. My grandmother is [remarkably] strong and… …   Grammatical examples in English

• foolish — fool|ish [ˈfu:lıʃ] adj 1.) a foolish action, remark etc is stupid and shows that someone is not thinking sensibly = ↑silly ▪ I ve never heard anything so foolish in all my life. ▪ It would be foolish to ignore his advice. be foolish enough to do… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• foolish — adjective 1 a foolish action, remark etc is stupid and shows that someone is not thinking sensibly: I ve never heard anything so foolish in all my life. | it is foolish (of sb) to do sth: It was foolish of them to expect the economy to recover so …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• hark at — Brit. informal used to draw attention to an ill advised or foolish remark: → hark …   English new terms dictionary

• hark — verb 1》 literary listen. 2》 (hark at) Brit. informal used to draw attention to an ill advised or foolish remark: just hark at you! 3》 (hark back to) recall or evoke (something from the past). Origin ME: of Gmc origin …   English new terms dictionary

• hark — ► VERB 1) literary listen. 2) (hark at) informal used to draw attention to an ill advised or foolish remark or action. 3) (hark back) recall an earlier period. ORIGIN Germanic …   English terms dictionary

• stupidity — [sto͞o pid′ə tē, styo͞opid′ə tē] n. [L stupiditas] 1. the quality or condition of being stupid 2. pl. stupidities something stupid; foolish remark, irrational act, etc …   English World dictionary

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