Ending a sentence with period indicates that the speaker feels that there is no further need for discussion and has said all there is to say on a subject.
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Desperate Housewives
Nicollette Sheridan (Edie Britt) used the word “period” at the end of the sentence while talking to Teri Hatcher (Susan Mayer) in the popular TV [...]
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Naysayer is someone who denies, refuses, opposes, or is skeptical about something.
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The Bold and the Beautiful
Lesley-Anne Down (Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Payne Marone ) used the word “naysayer” while talking to Jack Wagner (Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:
Seance: A meeting in which a spiritual person tries to communicate with souls of the dead.
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From an interview of Elvis fans - “We plan to hold another deep seance on the anniversary of the night of his ‘death’ in an attempt to learn the answers to the darker questions surrounding the Kings last days on [...]
If your plans backfire they produce the opposite result from the one you intended.
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Bold and the Beautiful
Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) used the word “Backfire” while talking to Patrick Duffy(Stephen Logan) in the popular TV show “Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:
24
Kiefer Sutherland(Jack Bauer) used the word “Backfire” while talking to [...]
Backpedal means to change an opinion that you had expressed before, or do something different from what you had said you would do.
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A lot like Love(2005)
Ashton Kutcher(Oliver Martin) [...]
Unequivocal means total, or expressed in a clear and certain way.
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In Treatment
Melissa George(Laura) and Gabriel Byrne(Paul) used “Unequivocal” in the eleventh episode of a popular TV show “In Treatment” which is about the patient-therapist relationship.
Resolved means determined.
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In Treatment
Gabriel Byrne(Paul) used “resolved” while talking to Melissa George(Laura) in the eleventh episode of a popular TV show “In Treatment” which is about the patient-therapist relationship.
Pile-up: a traffic accident involving several vehicles which hit each other.
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In Treatment
Melissa George(Laura) used “pileup” while talking to Gabriel Byrne(Paul) in the eleventh episode of a popular TV show “In Treatment” which is about the patient-therapist relationship.
Claustrophobic describes a person suffering from a fear of being in enclosed spaces or it describes a place which is small and enclosed, and makes you feel uncomfortable when you are in it.
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In Treatment
Melissa George(Laura) used “Claustrophobic” while talking to Gabriel Byrne(Paul) in the sixth episode of a popular TV [...]
Knockout - attractive
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The Holiday
The following excerpt is taken from Nancy Meyers’ movie “The holiday” to show the usage of the word “knockout”.
Eli Wallach(Arthur Abbott) used the word “knockout” while talking to Kate Winslet(Iris Simpkins), as shown in the following picture.