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[Thai Economics Library | Archives (for history)]
August 18, 2007

Classic, Classical

classic (adjective) -
a. Well-known and considered to be of the oldest and highest standard
b. Famous book, play, or work of art.
c. Study of ancient Greek and Roman culture

a classic look
classic cuisine
classic old cars
a minor classic
one of the great classics
a contemporary classic

classic grace
a classic profile
a classic phrase
classic clothes
a classic sneaker
a classic film
a cult classic
the now-classic...
classic cinema techniques
a classic bistro
a classic scandal
the classic victim
a classic apology
Chiang Rai classic motorcycle club
classic hacker basements and bedrooms
classic Italian elegance

classic examples
classic cases
classic statement
classic tale of
classic signs
all the classic signs of
classic symptoms of
with classic insensitivity
a classic work on
classic method
a classic problem
a classic case study
classic accounts of
classic scenario
classic in this respect
classic way of getting back at me
a classic brainwashing session

classical historians
a classical education
classical examples
classical scholars
classical writers
the classical period of Greek history
classical antiquity
a classical curriculum
classical liberalism
classical physics
a classical perspective
a classical law
a classical style
classical architecture


Example sentences:

* It's a classic!

* He's a classic example of a micro-manager.

* Her classic work on minerals is prized by all geologists.

* This is a classical example of the wrong way to do things.

* It's a classic case of mind over matter.

* The classic method of doing this is, of course, just to ignore it.

* The classic example of this trading strategy is George Soros.

* Molotov cocktails are a classic street fighting weapon served up in revolutions around the world.

* They repossessed his house with classic insensitivity just before Christmas.

* This is just Stevies classic way of getting back at me.

* I was lead into the office and subjected to a classic brainwashing session.

* "When performing any movement in the classical vocabulary dancers are drawing straight, angled or rounded lines which affect one or all parts of the body." (Source: British National Corpus)

* His film became another cult classic.

* "Gone With the Wind" is a film classic from the deep south.

* "The classic example of this is the girl who sets two men fighting for her." (Source: British National Corpus)

* For about a year he's been analysing abduction experiences, with the aim of putting together a psycho-social profile of the classic victim.

* "Well folks this was not a classic in fact the first 40 minutes of the first half was utterly horrible." (Source: British National Corpus)

* For all the classic examples, I suggest you read her book.

* He was wearing a classic vulcanized, sued, low-top sneaker from the 1970s.

* He sat up all night sleepless, atching reruns of classic TV shows.

* She has a very classic profile.

* Her attitude was so full of classic grace that a murmur followed her every move at the party.

* This is a classic scenario late in a product's life cycle.

* One of his favorite Kung-Fu comedies was the now-classic Drunken Master (1978).

* I joined the Chiang Rai classic motorcycle club as soon as I learned about it.

* "This is what Marx meant by his classic statement about men making history but not in circumstances of their own choosing."

* The official from Germany delivered the classic World Bank line to the credulous villager.

* Watch out! This medication produces the classic symptoms of intoxication: slurred speech, unsteady walk, disturbed sensory perceptions, and inability to react quickly.

* It was a classic corruption-and-favouritism scandal.

* "The classical recourse of the bourgeois in trouble or with cause for complaint was to exercise or ask for personal influence: to have a word with the mayor, the deputy, the minister, the old school or college comrade, the kinsman or business contact." (Source: British National Corpus)

* "His apology was classic," she noted.

* This is a classic chicken or egg problem.

* "I prefer a more classic look in my boyfriends, the young woman reflected.

* "But last year's GBH was seven hour-and-a-half episodes of broad, jaundiced political satire laced with classic double-bluffs, highly effective set-pieces, a touch of (Tory) evil and an abundance of food for thought." (Source: British National Corpus)

* The computer geek lived in one of those dingy classic hacker basements and bedrooms.

* What I've designed is an ultra modern take on essentially classic clothes.

We should rush right over to Chez Charles, a classic 1930s Parisian bistro where the welcome is warm and the food delicious.

* "The general theory of relativity is considered a classical theory."

* It is the antithesis of the classical!


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