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grounding [ˈgraʊndıŋ] SUBST

highland [ˈhaılənd] ADJ SUBST

highroad [ˈhaırəʊd] SUBST

highlander [ˈhaıləndə] SUBST

high-strung ADJ

high-strung → highly strung

Siehe auch: highly strung

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It's dressed up in all sorts of legal finery and high-sounding words, to be sure.
www.torontosun.com
All the sons were given high-sounding names, mostly meaning son.
en.wikipedia.org
The people's ears are stopped to such high-sounding promises.
www.ghanaweb.com
The poem is high-sounding, but at the same time simple; it is direct, but also contains complicated metaphors, word plays, majestic adjectives, and a rich catalog of the lexicon.
en.wikipedia.org
A government will step in with high-sounding rhetoric about "hurt sentiments" and so forth, and the eager members will be compelled to turn in their keys.
www.globalpost.com
They are very fond of high-sounding phrases which are vaguely impressive but mean nothing, no doubt a by-product of all the self-help mumbo-jumbo they peddle.
www.independent.ie
It also means you and me learning to live with a lot of high-sounding words we barely understand.
www.smh.com.au
They saw those machineries, which proclaimed high-sounding title, with mingled feelings.
en.wikipedia.org
They have carefully avoided using jargon on their site because they think that these high-sounding jargon may confuse the visitors to their site, says the company.
www.digitaljournal.com
In the same manner high-sounding vakrasana, pranayamas etc., are introduced just to make money by making false claims that toxins will be released.
healthland.time.com

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