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tragedy noun accident, adversity, affliction, bale, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, doom, dreadful event, fatal affair, hardship, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, reverse, sorrow, tragoedia, woe See also: adversity, calamity, casualty, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, fatality, misfortune How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Claude Carriere--Marius Constant: La Tragedie de Carmen Dit lyk dus asof ons in hierdie geval met 'n tipiese heldeverhaal en nie met 'n tragedie nie, te make het, aangesien die beproewings in die liminale sone klaarblyklik 'n positiewe uitkoms gehad het (Estes, 2003:451). It went well, of course, but le patient cannot help but reflect on the absurdity of the situation, the sadness of life itself, and the bitter hypocrisy of making pleasant conversation with a man he despises and scorns, just because, in the words of le patient, "la situation en Irak n'est pas une grande tragedie, comme on veut. |
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