pinnacle
/ˈpɪnəkəl/ nom C1En français : cime, pic, pinacle
- The highest point.
- A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
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Dans la bibliothèque
Before Josie had told the news Anne’s highest pinnacle of aspiration had been a teacher’s provincial license, First Class, at the end of the year, and perhaps the medal!
That’s what puts him on a pinnacle in the records of crime.
In an instant Holmes had raced up on to the ridge, and, standing upon a lofty pinnacle, craned his neck in every direction.
The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
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