airs and graces

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airs and graces

false ways of behaving that are intended to make other people feel that you are important and belong to a high social class The other children started calling her 'princess' because of her airs and graces. It's no good putting on airs and graces with me. I knew you when you were working in a shop! Look at you giving yourself airs and graces - think you're better than us, do you?

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I began to read them out again in due time, clothed with the literary airs and graces that I admired in it, and for a long time I imitated Ik Marvel in the voluminous letters I wrote my friend in compliance with his Shakespearean prayer: My Literary Passions by Howells,William Dean View in context He had, moreover, the great merit of not repeating his personal bons mots and of never speaking of his love-affairs, though his smiles and his airs and graces were delightfully indiscreet. An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context He, on his part, was full of airs and graces and geniality. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			ahead of the pack ahead of time aid aid and abet aid in aid in doing aim aim at aim for Aim for the stars! aim to do ain ain't fittin' to roll with a pig ain't got a grain of sense ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel Ain't it the truth? ain't particular air air belly air dirty linen in public air grievances air lungs air out air paunch air pores airs and graces airy-fairy aisle al fresco alarm albatross around neck alert alienate from alight alight from alight on align align oneself with align with alike alike as peas in a pod alive alive and kicking alive and well alive with all agog all along all along the line all and sundry all around Robin Hood's barn all at once			Airports Company South Africa Airports Council International Airports of Thailand Plc airpost airpower Airpower Research Institute AirPrint airproof airproof AIRPS AIRPSS AIRR AIRRC AIRREQRECON AIRRI AIRRO AIRROC AIRRS AIRRTC airs airs airs airs airs airs airs Airs above the ground Airs above the ground Airs above the ground Airs above the ground airs and graces AIRS Data Transfer Protocol AIRS Facility Users Group Airs rock Airs rock Airs rock Airs Water Vapor Experiment - Ground airsacculitis AIRSAF AIRSAR AIRSAVE Airsave Integration Survival Vest Armor Protection Ensemble Airscape airscrew airscrew airscrew airscrews airscrews Airservices Australia AIRSF Airshaft Airshaft Airshed Airshed Model Data Handling System airship airship airship airship Airship Development Squadron Airship Early Warning Squadron Airship Hangar

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