preamble
/ˈpriˌæmb(ə)l/ sustantivo C2En español: preámbulo
- A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
- A syncword.
- A precursor. · High winds are often a preamble to a winter storm.
Plural preambles
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“I’ll plunge into the matter without further preamble.
Noirtier’s face remained perfectly passive during this long preamble, while, on the contrary, Villefort’s eye was endeavoring to penetrate into the inmost recesses of the old man’s heart.
He had not been more than ten minutes in the drawing-room before he drew Danglars aside into the recess of a bow-window, and, after an ingenious preamble, related to him all his anxieties and cares since his noble father’s departure.
Danglars, who had listened to all this preamble with imperturbable coolness, but without understanding a word, since like every man burdened with thoughts of the past, he was occupied with seeking the thread of his own ideas in those of the speaker.
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