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consonance noun accord, accordance, agreement, assent, assonance, attunement, chorus, coherence, coincidence, compatibility, compliance, concert, conciliation, concord, concurrence, conformity, consensus, consistency, continuity, correspondence, equability, harmony, persistence, rapport, unanimity, uniformity, union, unison, unity See also: accordance, agreement, assent, coherence, compact, compatibility, compliance, concert, conciliation, conformity, consensus, propriety, rapport, understanding 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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| The verb sur, often translated "turn aside, turn away," or even "deviate, stray," together with its repeated sibilance (Assis: 84), emphasizes the secretive nature of Sisera's entry into the tent--he is turning aside, away from the beaten path where he will be sought, into this shelter. It's a brilliant passage (all of a page long), with its insistent sibilance and repeated cadenced phrases: "The village is grey and has dwindled";" . Call it "systems Muzak," and imaginary collaboration between Steve Reich and Mantovani: a roundelay of fragrant Francophone sibilance braided out of the phrases "de la deliquescence" and "la cohesion sociale," the whole swatched in spangly, celestial sounds. |
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