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nonchalance |
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nonchalance noun indifference, insouciance, detachment, unconcern, cool (slang), calm, apathy, composure, carelessness, equanimity, casualness, sang-froid, self-possession, dispassion, imperturbability He walked in with exaggerated nonchalance, his hands in his pockets. Translations nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃələns] N nonchalance n → Lässigkeit f, → Nonchalance f nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃ/ələns] n → disinvoltura, indifferenza nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃ/ələns] n → disinvoltura, indifferenza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The nonchalance of the legs is the first lesson to be learnt in such a masquerade as this. He treated his Serene Highness with a somewhat affected nonchalance intended to show that, as a highly trained military man, he left it to Russians to make an idol of this useless old man, but that he knew whom he was dealing with. He sat on a table in the Johnson home and dangled his checked legs with an enticing nonchalance. |
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