Gavotte Definitions

Useful Words

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Agnes De Mille : امریکی رقاصہ , Cancan : فرانسیسی عورتوں کا رقص , Habanera : کیوبا کا ایک ناچ , Mazurka : ہالینڈ کا رقص , Valse : ایک قسم کا ناچ , Complain : شکایت کرنا , Comte De Mirabeau : فرانسیسی انقلابی , Balzac : فرانسیسی ناول نگار , Comte De Rochambeau : فرانسیسی جرنیل , Jive : جاز موسیقی پر رقص , Madame Tussaud : فرانسیسی نمونہ تیار کرنے والا , Nowadays : حال , Blink Of An Eye : لمحہ , Early : پہلے , Late : دیر , Eastern Standard Time : مشرقی وقت , Fast : وقت کے مطابق نہ ہونا , Temporiser : دفع الوقتی کرنے والا , Piddle : وقت ضائع کرنا , Honest Woman : حاملہ بیوی , Informal : غیر رسمی , Skank : لڈی ڈالنا , Mambo : مامبو رقص , After : بعد میں , Artificial : مصنوعی , Amnesty : معافی , Hereby : اس کے نتیجے میں , Approval : منظوری , Colloquy : رسمی گفتگو , Buckram : رسمی , Awakened : جگا ہوا

Useful Words Definitions

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Agnes De Mille: United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993).

Cancan: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.

Habanera: a Cuban dance in duple time.

Mazurka: a Polish national dance in triple time.

Valse: a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.

Complain: make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge.

Comte De Mirabeau: French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).

Balzac: French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850).

Comte De Rochambeau: French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807).

Jive: dance to jive music; dance the jive.

Madame Tussaud: French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850).

Nowadays: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.

Blink Of An Eye: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat).

Early: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.

Late: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.

Eastern Standard Time: standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States.

Fast: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time.

Temporiser: someone who temporizes; someone who tries to gain time or who waits for a favorable time.

Piddle: waste time; spend one`s time idly or inefficiently.

Honest Woman: a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for some time (especially if she is pregnant at the time).

Informal: not formal.

Skank: dance the skank.

Mambo: dance a mambo.

After: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time.

Artificial: artificially formal.

Amnesty: the formal act of liberating someone.

Hereby: (formal) by means of this.

Approval: the formal act of approving.

Colloquy: a conversation especially a formal one.

Buckram: rigidly formal.

Awakened: (somewhat formal) having been waked up.