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Перевод: anachronism

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анахронизм

Тезаурус:

1. But there is no nagging sense of anachronism.
2. Dent is a throwback to medieval times bypassed by modern progress, an anachronism that has survived the passing years.
3. The hostel was named Rameses Villa; a charming anachronism.
4. He looks and sounds ever more of an anachronism.
5. The humour of anachronism has always existed, of course.
6. Mr Kinnock has learnt that it is more effective to mock the Prime Minister as an anachronism in a brave new world than snarl the word "Thatcherism" and present her as the personification of all evil.
7. It is doubtful if the mill could ever be operated on a commercial scale and in Wilf Medlam's words it is "a desirable and harmless anachronism, doing its bit to satisfy the immense demand for 100% wholemeal flour".
8. He succeeds brilliantly in finding a style of speech which is neither archaic nor too modern (apart from the odd anachronism like cash-flow) but belongs to a timeless tradition of broad, popular comedy, like Ayckbourn with clogs on.
9. Also, while large private grounds in towns may seem an anachronism, they often provide important "green lungs ", and their lofty trees and lawns provide an amenity to any passer-by.
10. But the distinguishing feature of those films (even if they cannot quite be credited with inventing the conceit) was what might be called their sense of the inverted anachronism.
11. To those committed to a relevant as well as a rigorous education, the GCSE is a disappointing anachronism which doesn't fit with vocational or pre-vocational criteria exemplified through other contemporary school-based developments for 14-;18-year-olds such as TVEI (Technical and Vocational Educational Initiative) and CPVE (Certificate of Pre-Vocational Education).
12. By the end of the eighteenth century the Forest was regarded as an unprofitable anachronism.
13. The House of Lords can only look more and more an anachronism.