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tinsel
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/ˈtɪn.səl/
US
/ˈtɪn.səl/
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After leaving his formal position as a reputed journalist within the tinsel city of New York, Weston remains to stay in Ecotopia.
literature
мишура
В выражении «tinsel city» слово передаёт блеск и поверхностную привлекательность Нью-Йорка.
Environmental Humanities in India
This collection examines environmental questions in India through literature, culture, Indigenous knowledge and the arts. Its essays explore relationships between people and landscapes, conservation, ecological justice and representations of environmental change.
After leaving his formal position as a reputed journalist within the tinsel city of New York, Weston remains to stay in Ecotopia.
literature
город мишуры
Город, который выглядит блестящим и привлекательным, но воспринимается как поверхностный.
Environmental Humanities in India
This collection examines environmental questions in India through literature, culture, Indigenous knowledge and the arts. Its essays explore relationships between people and landscapes, conservation, ecological justice and representations of environmental change.
And yet with all this there was something sordid, something forced, — a certain feverish unrest and recklessness; for was not all this show and tinsel built upon a groan?
history
показуха и мишура
Внешняя показная роскошь, за которой скрывается пустота или страдание.
The Souls of Black Folk
"The Souls of Black Folk" by W. E. B. Du Bois is a collection of essays published in 1903. This groundbreaking work explores the African-American experience through personal observations and social analysis. Du Bois introduces influential concepts like "double consciousness"—the experience of viewing oneself through both one's own eyes and those of a prejudiced society—and "the veil" that separates black and white Americans. Through essays on education, freedom, and justice, he examines the color line dividing races and argues for voting rights, quality education, and equal treatment.
