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Simple sentences
A strange spectacle unfolded before my eyes.
Don't make a spectacle of yourself crying in the street.
It's a spectacle you won't forget.
A strange spectacle happened before my eyes.
Movie subtitles
A workman informs the astronomers that if they would ascend to the roof, they will witness a splendid spectacle: the casting of the gun.
The spectacle in the arena.
This is history. and archaeology and spectacle all rolled into one.
You know, this is an impressive spectacle, Gabrielle.
Because it was an ugly spectacle of waste.
But the most deplorable spectacle of all to me, as commander of the garrison of Paris is that of an officer still wearing the French uniform who slanders his superiors and his comrades.
I hope you realize that you've made a perfect spectacle of yourself.
At the whole ridiculous spectacle of life, at people being so serious. taking themselves pompously, exaggerating their own importance.
It was bad enough your asking him here, but to make a spectacle of yourself.
I find very unamusing the stupid, undignified spectacle we're making of ourselves for those two newspaper people.
Ladies and gentlemen. we will now present for your entertainment. the most stupendous, magnificent. super-colossal spectacle.
You should look upon this tragedy. as an episode in the wonderful spectacle of life.
Don't make a spectacle of yourself and go to your room!
They demand a spectacle. A look at heroes.
The old sun must be amused by the constant spectacle Of romantic lovers. Come along, David.
One mustn't make a spectacle of oneself.
He made a spectacle of himself before the king and all the people.
A spectacle?
To witness a delightful spectacle, my good Vega.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will now present for your entertainment the most stupendous, magnificent, super-colossaI spectacle!
How God must laugh at the spectacle of unvirtuous kings hanging bits of rock and metal on virtuous men.
They demand a spectacle.
You will be worthy of the spectacle, as the spectacle is worthy of you.
A spectacle of terror to all evil men everywhere and forever who would harm you or harm Rome or harm your emperor who loves you.
Ladies and gentlemen we will now present for your entertainment the most stupendous, magnificent super-colossal spectacle.
Making a public spectacle of yourself.
Louise, listen to me, I cannot permit my daughter to make an hysterical spectacle of herself.
It's impossible to estimate from our point of vantage down here on the street. exactly how many people are here. galvanized, held spellbound by the breathtaking spectacle. of a young, unidentified man perched on a ledge. 15 stories above the street.
Making a public spectacle of yourselves.
Stick to it, and you can only wind up. by making a public spectacle of yourself.
Did you tell him I was drunk and making a spectacle of myself?
This spectacle is very amusing.
News and current affairs
Many artists involved in the creation of the spectacle, including the fireworks specialist Cai Guo Qiang, the dance star Shen Wei, and the composer Tan Dun, earned their fame primarily in the West.
The huge trade deficit provides the spectacle of the world's richest country borrowing almost two billion dollars a day from abroad, contributing to the weak dollar and representing a major source of global uncertainty.
The American people have been treated to a spectacle of jingoism, fear mongering, confusion of Iraq with Osama bin Laden's terrorists, and simple patriotism.
As in the late 19 th century, we have the spectacle of the world's superpower treating indifference as a sign of seriousness!
The combination of high politics and grinding technical detail makes EU policymaking a much less interesting spectacle than national politics, and of course there's the added problem that so many of the players are unknown foreigners.
But it would have spared Europe the spectacle of its member states' governments baring their teeth at one another.
A recent spectacle in Geneva was particularly egregious.
Instead, the world marveled - indeed, was awed - by the spectacle of long lines of South Africans of every race snaking their way slowly to polling booths on April 27, 1994.
Likewise, government is vastly inferior to the World Cup as a sporting spectacle, but much political reporting focuses on who played well and who played badly.
In a pathetic spectacle of incompetence, Japan's economy is sinking, its public finances moving to junk bond status.
STOCKHOLM - There is little doubt that the embarrassing spectacle of the trial of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko - and her recent arrest on contempt charges during the proceedings - is causing great damage to her country.
What lies ahead in the US is not just a spectacle that the rest of the world can watch with some schadenfreude.
Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and give foreign journalists the opportunity to remind the world that India is the world's largest democracy.
In nature, competitors perform, and the most compelling, beautiful spectacle wins.
Older French citizens don't find the public spectacle of their leader in love very amusing.
The cameras would roll, Indians would smile, and France would be treated to a Bollywood spectacle beyond its wildest dreams.
The second lesson, even more obvious, is that reality cannot be changed with a simple public spectacle.
The division is in a sense inscribed in the democratic spectacle.
The spectacle of a communist regime trying to jack up a casino-like capitalist market is just one of the many contradictions that have been accumulating in almost every corner of China's economy and politics.
The rest of Asia might be content to sit back and watch the spectacle of Japan's myopic politics if Japan's inability to work to help stabilize the region did not matter so much.
Fabulous military technology is part of the spectacle and becomes its own justification - a character in the hero's story line.
But the lethal mix of poverty, youth unemployment, and the mesmerizing spectacle of millions of petrodollars flowing out of the delta and into the pockets of the powerful, casts a long shadow.
Despite his acumen, Prokhorov surrounded himself with such people, pretentious wizards who have turned Russian politics into the revolting spectacle that it is.
Will he tolerate and endorse his prime minister's personal aversions, or is he willing to put an end to the infamous spectacle of a judicial process that has been manipulated and abused from beginning to end?
What has produced the populist backlash is the spectacle of political authorities devising technically complicated solutions that lack credibility.
Indeed, nuclear energy is a safer proposition now than ever before, but, for many people, the mere spectacle of an event like Fukushima - regardless of the outcome - is sufficient to draw the opposite conclusion.
At the same time, it could be argued that the spectacle of the opening ceremony was intended to overcome China's historic humiliation by the West and signal a new chapter.
MOSCOW - When the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games begins in a few days, viewers will be presented with a minutely choreographed spectacle swathed in nationalist kitsch.