10 of the 100 most beautiful words in the English language

Professor Tolkien believed that the most beautiful phrase in the English language is "Cellar door" - "Door to the basement." When we were preparing the text about "The Lord of the Rings", we found the following quote:





Most English-speaking people … will admit that cellar door is "beautiful", especially if dissociated from its sense (and from its spelling). More beautiful than, say, sky, and far more beautiful than beautiful. 





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Infrastructure of the island just started to grow, but many are offered as hotel rooms, and this Thai bungalow.









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She was wearing a very demure skirt.









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, . «Evanesco» , . - Evanescence.





As an art form, fire is evanescent and fleeting.









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felicity (Felix) (Felicity). 





Felicity and glory reigns supreme here.









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She's too old to be playing the ingenue.









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XIV . «licere» — «». : licence, leisure pleasure. 





But the fact is that, leisure is a very busy thing.









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Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,





Oh, where hae ye been?





They hae slain the Earl o' Moray,





And Lady Mondegreen.





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You may hear the phrase «Excuse me while I kiss this guy» in Jimmi Hendrix’s song, but it’s just mondegreen









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Behind the house there was beautiful murmurous river.





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What a murmurous oldman!





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Now was it coincidence, serendipity, or strategy that brought you here?









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Obviously, the Member States concerned had claimed that they were acting under the United Nations umbrella.









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