pretty picture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprettyandpicture
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pretty
adjective
uk/ˈprɪt.i/us/ˈprɪt̬.i/
pleasant to look at, or (especially of girls or women or things relating to them) attractive or pleasant in a ...
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picture
noun
uk/ˈpɪk.tʃər/us/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
a drawing, painting, ...
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(Definition ofprettyandpicturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The act of drawing may become a sort of 'soothing nothingness', creating aprettypicturefocused on an object in the space, rather than the enclosure or the space itself.
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It is not aprettypictureto see county boroughs trying to abrogate control over areas adjoining their jurisdiction.
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Theprettypicturehad a sort of oleographic shininess about it.
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He gave us a veryprettypictureof the woes of agriculturists.
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I have a specimen of the notes here: it is not a veryprettypicture, because it is the first proof.
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In my view that is not aprettypicture.
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That is aprettypicture, but nature, in fact, is cruel.
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It would be a veryprettypictureif it were true, but it is far from being true.
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On the outside is a veryprettypicture.
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It is not a veryprettypicture; the idea of a boy of this kind being punished.
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It is not aprettypictureif we look back.
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All in all it is not aprettypicture.
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Let me give another side of thisprettypicture.
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It is not aprettypicture.
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The past is not aprettypicture.
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This is not aprettypicture.
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It is riot aprettypicture.
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Here is aprettypicture.
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That is not a veryprettypicture.
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