a tour de force

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a tour de force

a performance or achievement which shows a lot of skill and which is admired by a lot of people His performance as Richard III was a brilliant tour de force.

See also: force, tour

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The A5 is the first car of its type from the marque since the Audi 80- based Coupe of 1989, is built on the latest A4 platform and - in S for Sports guise - is a tour de force. Swiftly on the scene; STEVE HUGHES drives the Audi S5 quattro by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) The film begins rather gently but soon gathers dramatic momentum, and the final 20 minutes are a tour de force demonstration in edge-of-seat suspense, replete with scenes of sickening violence. culture films: Whitaker shines in heart of darkness; The Last King of ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Richard McCabe's King John is a tour de force as one of England's great anti-heroes. TheatreReview: Shakespeare at full throttle; King John Sawn Theatre, ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			a stumbling block a sweet deal a sweet tooth a sword of Damocles hangs over head a tall story a tangled web a taste of own medicine a tempest in a teapot a tête à tête a thick skin A thing of beauty is a joy forever a thing of the past a think-tank a thorn in side a three-ring circus a thumbnail sketch a tight-arse a tin ear a tin god a tongue-lashing a toss-up a tough act to follow a tough cookie a tough nut a tough row to hoe a tour de force a toy boy a track record a train of thought a Trojan horse a trump card a turf war a turkey shoot a turn of phrase a turn of the screw a two-way street a vicious circle a voice in the wilderness a volte-face a wake-up call a walk of life a war of words A watched pot never boils a way of life a weak link a wet blanket a wet dream a whale of a a whale of a [bill etc.] a whale of a [job etc.] a whip-round			a toss-up A Total Consulting Service a total stranger A Total Waste of Time a totally different ball game A Touch of Class A Touch of Class Music A Touch of Glass A Touch of Wood a tough act to follow a tough act to follow a tough act to follow a tough act to follow a tough act to follow a tough act to follow a tough cookie a tough nut a tough nut a tough nut a tough nut a tough nut a tough nut to crack a tough nut to crack a tough nut to crack a tough nut to crack a tough nut to crack a tough row to hoe a tough row to hoe a tough row to hoe a tough row to hoe a tour de force A tour of the worm a tower of strength A Town Called Panic a toy boy A trace a track record a train of thought A Trance Communication Release A Transcription Factor A Traveling Jewish Theatre A Treasure in Heaven A Tree Full of Secrets A Tree Grows in Brooklyn A Tribe Called Quest A Tribute to Einstein A Tribute to Einstein A Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu a trifle a trifle a trifle A Trip to the Moon (book) A Trip to the Moon (novel) a Trojan horse A Trollope A Trollope A true bill A true discourse A true discourse A True Friend Forever

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