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I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis.
Seamus Heaney

Meaning of "the shades" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE SHADES

the shades play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE SHADES

the Scots Greys
the Scottish
the screen
the scrub
the sea
the Second International
the secondary
the seelie
the self
the services
the Shakers
the shakes
the Shard
the shield
the shit hits the fan
the shivers
the sidhe
the Silurian
the Silver Ferns
the silver screen

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE SHADES

Alcibiades
building trades
charades
Comrades
Cyclades
dolmades
Everglades
Hades
Hyades
in spades
jack of all trades
jack-of-all-trades
Miltiades
palisades
Pleiades
shades
spades
Sporades
the Everglades
the Red Brigades

Synonyms and antonyms of the shades in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the shades» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE SHADES

Find out the translation of the shades to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the shades from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the shades» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阴影
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las sombras
570 millions of speakers

English

the shades
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रंगों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ظلال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оттенки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

os tons
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছায়া গো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les nuances
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Warna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Schatten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サングラス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그늘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nuwun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các sắc thái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிழல்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छटा दाखवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tonlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le tonalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odcienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відтінки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nuante
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι αποχρώσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die skakerings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nyanser
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nyanser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the shades

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SHADES»

The term «the shades» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.478 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SHADES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the shades» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the shades» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the shades

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QUOTES WITH «THE SHADES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the shades.
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Seamus Heaney
I'm not personally obsessed with death. At a certain age, the light that you live in is inhabited by the shades - it 'tis.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE SHADES»

Discover the use of the shades in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the shades and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lady of the Shades
In a hotel room in Chile, an assassin washes blood from his clothes as he receives word of a new job.
Darren Shan, 2012
2
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited
Deemed by The New Yorker as "the most readable and reliable" of all Dylan biographies, this book will give fans what they have always wanted -- a chance to get to know the man behind the shades.
Clinton Heylin, 2003
3
Between Shades of Gray
"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both.
Ruta Sepetys, 2011
4
The Madness Underneath
The New York Times bestseller!
Maureen Johnson, 2013
5
Raising the Shades
After his mother and sister move out, thirteen-year-old Casey begins to realize that his father's drinking problem is more than he can handle and that the intervention his aunt suggests may be the best way to help.
Doug Wilhelm, 2001
6
The Shades of Time and Memory: The Second Book of the ...
The series, which chronicled the rise of a new race of seductive androgynous beings, with awesome powers, was hailed as a modern fantasy masterpiece, winning an avid international following of devoted readers.
Storm Constantine, 2005
7
Pulling Back the Shades: Erotica, Intimacy, and the Longings ...
The book offers practical advice for women to address five core longings: to be cherished by a manto be protected by a strong manto rescue a manto be sexually aliveto escape reality God designed women with these longings and has a plan to ...
Dr. Juli Slattery, Dannah K. Gresh, 2014
8
Nalini Malani: listening to the shades
This lavishly illustrated book presents facsimile reproductions of more than sixty paintings by celebrated modern artist, Nalini Malani.
Robert Storr, Nalini Malani, 2008
9
How to Make Roman Shades
How to Make Roman Shades provides a detailed how-to section showing you exactly how to install the shades using inside/outside board mounts or curtain rods and poles.
Jennifer Thoden, 2003
10
The Name of the Star
New York Times bestseller Maureen Johnson takes on Jack the Ripper in this captivating paranormal thriller!
Maureen Johnson, 2011

REFERENCE
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