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Mar 11, 2013 · Senior Member. London. English - South-East England. Mar 11, 2013. #5. A pronunciation point. In the positive form, the /l/ is syllabic: the word has two syllables no-ble. When you add an ending, the /l/ is no longer a separate syllable, so the comparative is the two-syllabled no-bler, not three-syllabled no-bl-er. (For most people, anyway.)
Mar 20, 2018 · Massachusetts, U.S. English - U.S. Mar 20, 2018. #5. You cannot do a noble cause (or any other kind of cause). "Do" has many meanings, but this is not one of them. You can help a noble cause (as in this thread), work for one, raise money for one, and many more things - but you cannot "do" one. What meaning did you want to express with this phrase?
Sep 26, 2015 · The nature of this use of "noble" is a weakened use of the normal meaning. the noble effort she was making = the effort that was contrary to her normal character and required her to be mentally strong in order to to maintain it.
Jan 16, 2017 · English (US - northeast) Jan 15, 2017. #3. I have the same problem in AE. These three words are not used about noses in AE. "Tall" and "high" mean vertical distance. They do not mean "how far it sticks out from the face" or "how large it is". The term "noble nose" has a specific meaning in some past and present cultures, but not in modern AE.
Nov 11, 2006 · The “noble floor” is the high ceiling floor, the floor above the street and the mezzanine level. ...
Jan 28, 2010 · Le sens premier serait " tu as le même front noble que ton grand-père " mais on peut aller à. Tout dépend du reste... Hope it helps. I think that's the best translation. If you need to keep "brow" (« front ») in your sentence, you could say : « tu as le noble front de ton grand-père ».
Mar 29, 2020 · There are some natures too noble to curb and too lofty to bend. What does "too noble to curb" mean? Source ...
Jan 8, 2006 · Un seigneur was a noble man (a lord), une dame was a noble woman (a lady). Un chevalier was a knight; I don't know exactly what the term chevalier xxx refered to. Regarding the children, I think this was highly depending on their rank in the family: the eldest son got the highest title (along with the property of the relevant land), etc.
Apr 5, 2023 · The good-bad man = a man who only appeared to be bad, but was, in fact, good. an accidental-noble outlaw = a man who never intended to become an outlaw, or was not really an outlaw (he had committed no crime, but people thought he had, or he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, etc.) and was, in fact, noble: i.e. a man who is moral, honest and has dignity.
Dec 11, 2013 · If you used "noble trees", I'd get the idea that the trees were unusually fine or valuable, but I'm not sure that I'd understand that they were very large and old. I'd probably use "ancient" to describe such trees. It would also make sense to use "very large, old trees": Ancient trees must be protected/Very large, old trees must be protected.
