Meaning of cornstarched | Babel Free
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Examples
“Marshmallows: Soak⟳ two tablespoons gelatine in six tablespoons cold water. Boil until stringy two cups granulated sugar and six tablespoons hot water, add⟳ gelatine, and beat⟳ about twenty minutes. Pour⟳ out on a cornstarched platter.”
“But strange to say⟳ it is not the really creditable acting that is longest remembered by the players or audience, but the unexpected incidents which come⟳ up without warning. The false beard which falls off just as the player is trying to be most impressive; the pseudo forest which collapses at a sudden gust of wind or the cornstarched locks which lose⟳ half their whiteness when Malvolio shakes his head in a fit of dramatic rage.”
“As one corpse dangles from a noose, last⟳ scene, cornstarched cocaine snowing down, near rolling, his phone rings, his wife has just given birth, and the crew gathers around the killed man, applauding again and again, the juxtaposition, the miracle.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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