en
countenance

Meaning: en
appearance, facial expression; tolerate
Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.
And when Joseph was come into them in the morning, and saw them sad, he asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?
He changed his countenance when he saw me.
There are as many vipers hiding in the grass as there is evil lying beneath a beautiful countenance.
His remark put me out of countenance.
I glanced at my companion, and his face had assumed such a disconsolate expression that it was all I could do to keep my countenance.
There was one thing in the case which had made the deepest impression both upon the servants and the police. This was the contortion of the Colonel's face. It had set, according to their account, into the most dreadful expression of fear and horror which a human countenance is capable of assuming. More than one person fainted at the mere sight of him, so terrible was the effect.
That's why I love that Don Quixote's added title was "The Knight of the Woeful Countenance."
The countenance of the countryside has changed.
He says smiling, and with a pleasant countenance, please nobody stop our running, the race is for a tankard of ale.
Added on 2021-01-30 and updated on 2021-03-23 | by sara | View: 288

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