raillery discuss | |
| Definition: | (noun) Light teasing repartee. |
| Synonyms: | backchat, banter, give-and-take |
| Usage: | Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned. |
  F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby Is Published (1925)Considered to be Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby is a devastating critique of the American Dream and materialism at the height of the Roaring Twenties. It is the story of a bootlegger, Jay Gatsby, whose obsessive dream of wealth and lost love is destroyed by a corrupt reality. Today used as required reading in many high schools, the book has been cited as the paragon of the Great American Novel. Why did Fitzgerald dislike the title, and what did he want to call his novel? More... Discuss |
 Hugo Grotius (1583)Grotius was a Dutch jurist, philosopher, and writer. He enrolled at the University of Leiden at the age of 11 and became a lawyer at 15. Among his key legal treatises is the first definitive text on international law, On the Law of War and Peace, which prescribes rules for the conduct of war and advances the idea that nations are bound by natural law. In 1615, he became involved in a religious controversy that extended to politics and was eventually imprisoned. How did he escape? More... Discuss |
 Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.Mark Twain (1835-1910) Discuss |
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Amelyikben az Ivett vőlegénye szerepel?
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all right. Zoli nyert, de töröltem a kommentjét, hogy ti még találgassatok. Amúgy rád gondoltam elsőnek h megfejted :D :D :P
nem láttam még, de a bal meddémonnak tűnik. a jobbat nem látom rendesen :S Rágúgülni ér? (:
áá,kitörölteem.. szóval, most már tudom, de a filmet tényleg nem láttam..
semmi baj...
Am érdemes megnézni... Nagyon jó!
Én is tudom! És úgy örülök, hogy sikerült rátalálnom, mert nem gondoltam volna, hogy képes leszek a világhálón valaha is megtalálni egy ilyen képet! :)
Hajrá, Ádám! További jó blogírást!
Dalma
ja, és a film címe: The Legend of Bagger Vance
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