[ʃjɛ̃ ] 1. (= animal) dog. « attention, chien méchant » “beware of the dog”

It may seem strange to us that chairs and tables are feminine whereas sofas and curtains are masculine, but that is one of the things we have to accept when learning French.

1 : the front of a building also : any face of a building given special architectural treatment a museum’s east facade. 2 : a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect tried to preserve the facade of a happy marriage.

A black lie is sometimes considered the worst kind of lying. It is defined as “callous selfishness” and malevolence. The dictionary says it’s a “deliberate misrepresentation of facts in order to deceive.” The only purpose is to get oneself out of trouble or gain some benefit not felt to be otherwise possible.

A facade is a form of personality change that is performed to fulfill a particular emotion you wish to portray. When people put up facades, they are acting on the outside differently than how they are feeling on the inside.

Tips: Glib usually carries a negative connotation. Its origin is somewhat hazy, but it is related to Old German and Dutch words meaning “slippery.” Think of a politician or salesman who is too polished, too prepped, and too quick with the most perfect answer–that is glib.

‘Pithy’ meaning ‘short’/’concise’, is perfectly appropriate, as in a ‘pithy saying’ [i.e. ‘Haste makes for waste. ‘]. The pith is the substance at the heart of a stem or branch, so therefore the heart of the matter, the central point, the gist. A pithy statement is one that gets right to the heart of the matter.

/ɡlɪb/ glibber | glibbest. speaking or spoken in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty: He’s a glib, self-centered man. No one was convinced by his glib answers/explanations.

Synonyms for silver-tongued. articulate, eloquent, fluent, well-spoken.

The Seminoles called Luther “the boy with the silver tongue” because of all the languages he could speak, including most of the Indian languages. When sixteen Luther went to work as an interpreter for a grizzled old English trader named Cap Adams who needed Luther to interpret for him when dealing with the Spaniards.

Golden Voice refers to a person with a beautiful voice like a singer and/or a radio voice.

Rosé has won over audiences worldwide with her jaw-dropping vocals. I mean, have you heard the way she hits those high notes? She’s even reportedly earned the nickname “golden voice” in Korea for her ability to comfort fans and make people happy with her singing.

Ten Tips for Singers to Keep Voices at Prime

1. Drink up to 8-10 glasses of pure water every day (any caffeinated drink does not count).
2. Warm up your voice regularly.
3. Take vocal “naps”.
4. Get adequate sleep.
5. Do not smoke anything.
6. Use your microphone.
7. Have good monitors.
8. Develop good singing technique.

There are accepted definitions for ‘golden’ as in “golden voice” which are themselves already metaphorical, but describing a friendship as golden doesn’t really fall under any of them. Instead we take golden to mean excellent, perfect, valuable, which is a non-literal meaning for the word.

Examples of dead metaphors include: “raining cats and dogs,” “throw the baby out with the bathwater,” and “heart of gold.” With a good, living metaphor, you get that fun moment of thinking about what it would look like if Elvis were actually singing to a hound dog (for example).

A ‘golden friendship’ is therefore a metaphor using golden in a non-literal sense to attach the positive attributes we associate with gold to the friendship in question.

Metaphor is a common poetic device where an object in, or the subject of, a poem is described as being the same as another otherwise unrelated object.

Metaphor Examples and Worksheets A metaphor is a word or phrase used to describe something as if it was something else. A metaphor isn’t a comparison – that’s a simile, where you say one thing is ‘like’ another (“Her eyes were like diamonds”).

Poetic Devices

• Alliteration.
• Assonance.
• Imagery.
• Metaphor.
• Onomatopoeia.
• Personification.
• Refrain.
• Rhyme.