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so so<br />

adj. mediocre, all right, average, undistinguished, passable,<br />

not (too) bad or good, adequate, fair (to middling), middling,<br />

indifferent, ordinary, tolerable, comme ci, comme ‡a, modest:<br />

Sabrina, whose singing is just so so, will never be a star.<br />

soul<br />

n. 1 (vital) spirit or force, being, (inner or true) self,<br />

essence, psyche, heart, mind, intellect, reason, anima: He<br />

finally surrendered, body and soul. 2 person, individual, man,<br />

woman, mortal, (human) being: I won't tell a soul about our<br />

conversation. What a sweet old soul she is! 3 incarnation,<br />

embodiment, personification, typification, essence,<br />

quintessence: You can count on me as the soul of discretion. 4<br />

emotion, feeling, sentiment, sincerity, fervour, ardour, warmth,<br />

dynamism, vivacity, energy, spirit, vitality, force: Alice puts<br />

a lot of soul into her singing, and that comes across to the<br />

audience.<br />

soulful adj. sincere, deep, profound, moving, emotional, warm, ardent,<br />

intense, fervent, expressive: The lovers exchanged soulful<br />

looks.<br />

sound° n. 1 tone; noise; din; cacophony; report: This piano has a<br />

tinny sound. We could hear the sound of laughter from below. I<br />

heard nothing over the sound of the crowd. Sounds of gunfire<br />

echoed in the valley. 2 ring, tone, impression, characteristic,<br />

quality, effect, aspect, look: I didn't like the sound of that<br />

remark. 3 hearing, range, earshot: Anyone within the sound of<br />

his voice could tell that he was angry.<br />

--v. 4 resound, reverberate, echo, resonate: The noises sound<br />

very close. 5 seem, appear, look; strike one, give one the<br />

impression or feeling or sense (that); resemble, sound or seem<br />

or look like: It sounds as if you don't want to come to my<br />

party. That sounds like Russian to me. 6 ring, (be) activate(d),<br />

(be) set or touch(ed) off, signal: Anyone walking into the room<br />

sounds the alarm. The alarm sounds when the beam is broken. 7<br />

Sometimes, sound out. articulate, pronounce, enunciate, utter;<br />

voice, vocalize: I was taught to speak clearly, to sound each<br />

consonant and vowel. 8 Sometimes, sound out or off. shout<br />

(out), cry out, yell (out): Sound out those numbers loud and<br />

clear! 9 sound off. vituperate, complain, bluster, grumble,<br />

Slang bitch: Today Mr Morrison was again sounding off about the<br />

service in the caf‚.

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