principal character

collocation in English

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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us
/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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character
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tər/us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different ...
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(Definition ofprincipalandcharacterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Out of this dialogue comes the experience which is theprincipalcharacterof practical knowledge.
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While the play's story holds attention, the inner nature of eachprincipalcharacteris progressively revealed until it reaches fulfilment in the very last scene.
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She was theprincipalcharacterdancer of the company until it disbanded in 1929.
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Without a boy in the cast as aprincipalcharacter, producers reworked the show from a different angle.
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Rooks, theprincipalcharacter, possesses many of the vital battling techniques.
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He has providedprincipalcharactervoices for over 200 animated series and feature films.
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The story is narrated by a prisoner housed in the back of the haveli, aprincipalcharacterin this part of the story.
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The style of the stories is to allow eachprincipalcharacterto take a leading role in turn.
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Her father was not always around, but when he was, he would tell her fantastic stories, often with her as theprincipalcharacter.
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He becameprincipalcharacterdancer and was considered one of the world's top balletic mimes.
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And the slight twist of tension which tightens around theprincipalcharacteris lost in the middle of the picture when he is shelved for a dull stretch of plot.
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The resumption of dialogue by principal characters marks the end of the divertissement.
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The crowd is theprincipalcharacter.
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In spite of its historical framework the work is dominated by the fates of its three principal characters.
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In the best plays, as this information is gradually supplemented during the production, it provides a deeper understanding of the principal characters involved.
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The script economically teases out their feelings and the ethical pulse of the principal characters.
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From chapter 4 onwards, the author plunges into the analysis proper of the principal characters of the poem.
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For "k" greater than 1, theprincipalcharactermodulo "k" vanishes at integers having a non-trivial common factor with "k" and is 1 at other integers.
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