Thesaurus / prologue
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As he explains in the prologue to “A Zoo in My Luggage,” “To me extirpation of an animal species is a criminal offence, just as the destruction of something else that we cannot recreate or replace, such as a Rembrandt or the Acropolis, would be.”
IN ‘THE WHISPERING LAND,’ A BRITISH NATURALIST COLLECTS TRAVEL TALES — AND ANIMALS WITH TAILS — IN ARGENTINAANDREA SACHSFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWith a paranoid urgency, Prokopios writes in the prologue that he wants to come clean and tell us what actually happened.
WHAT THE QANON OF THE 6TH CENTURY TEACHES US ABOUT CONSPIRACIESROLAND BETANCOURTFEBRUARY 3, 2021TIMESo the movie started with the prologue of the son telling the story of what happened to dad.
ROLLING WITH JAMES BROLIN: HOLLYWOOD’S QUIET GIANTEUGENE ROBINSONJANUARY 29, 2021OZYI’ve yet to spend a lot of time with the latest version of that device, but if past is any prologue, it’s a solid choice for those looking for an Android-compatible Apple alternative at a good price.
FITBIT SENSE REVIEWBRIAN HEATERSEPTEMBER 24, 2020TECHCRUNCHThe problems associated with getting people to wear masks, which is a much simpler solution than visiting a health care professional and receiving a shot, is prologue to what we’ll see when it comes to getting people vaccinated, he explained.
HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVES FEAR PUBLIC DISTRUST OF COVID-19 VACCINE WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED SPREAD OF DISEASENICOLE GOODKINDJULY 8, 2020FORTUNETrewely is here three syllables, which is the normal form; cf. Prologue, 761; Kn.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERBoth in the present passage and in the Pardoner's Prologue the verb to erme is used with the same sb., viz.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd this was as it should be; the intent of that little prologue was merely to whet the appetite for the real play.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONUsed ludicrously to mean a feat of horsemanship in l. 50 of the Manciple's Prologue.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERThe dropped word is clearly here, which rimes with manere in the Miller's Prologue, and elsewhere.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERWORDS RELATED TO PROLOGUE
- addition
- admittance
- awakening
- baptism
- basic principles
- basic text
- beginning
- commencement
- debut
- essentials
- establishment
- exordium
- first acquaintance
- first taste
- foreword
- inauguration
- inception
- induction
- influx
- ingress
- initiation
- insertion
- installation
- institution
- interpolation
- intro
- launch
- lead
- lead-in
- opening
- opening remarks
- overture
- pioneering
- preamble
- preface
- preliminaries
- prelude
- presentation
- primer
- proem
- prologue
- survey
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