vivid illustration

collocation in English

meaningsofvividandillustration

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vivid
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪv.ɪd/us
/ˈvɪv.ɪd/
Vivid descriptions, memories, etc. produce very clear, powerful, and detailed images in ...
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illustration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪl.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/
a picture in a book, magazine, etc. or the process of ...
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(Definition ofvividandillustrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is avividillustrationof the way in which the tonal definition of the airs enhances the expressiveness of recitative.
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However, a particularlyvividillustrationof it can be found in excerpt (1).
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The recent moon landings afford avividillustrationof the power of applied mathematics-in particular, of the use of electronic systems for processing information.
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First of all, the two plots of the play are avividillustrationof the combination of past and present.
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That is avividillustrationof the constitutional absurdity which was reached.
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It is avividillustrationof the power of engagement and the powerlessness of detachment.
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That is a veryvividillustrationof the difference of treatment for people at different income levels.
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Does that not provide the mostvividillustrationof the causes of the crisis in the prison service?
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I can give avividillustrationfrom my constituency.
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The closeness of the vote in another place at the end of last year was avividillustrationof that general unease.
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That energises the church around a particular objective, and is avividillustrationof how targets work.
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That was avividillustrationof the way in which the world scene has changed.
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It is avividillustrationof the failure of landlordism.
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That is avividillustrationof what could happen.
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That is avividillustrationthat the present arrangements are not working.
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The mostvividillustrationis the distribution of the lion.
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It is avividillustrationof socialism in action.
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Its petty, silly and almost certainly unworkable regulations on cross-media ownership are the mostvividillustrationof its inadequacy.
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We had a fairlyvividillustrationof this the other day.
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