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shades

/ʃeɪdz/ noun B2
  1. Sunglasses. (colloquial) · His shades are by some famous designer.
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The road was smooth and well paved, now, and the country about was beautiful, so that the travelers rejoiced in leaving the forest far behind, and with it the many dangers they had met in its gloomy shades.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 57 · B2
First there was a strip of light green silk, then a strip of dark green and then a strip of emerald green; for Oz had a fancy to make the balloon in different shades of the color about them.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 117 · B2
Anne has as many shades as a rainbow and every shade is the prettiest while it lasts.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 300 · C1
“When you pay me a visit in my cell, my young friend,” said he, “I will show you an entire work, the fruits of the thoughts and reflections of my whole life; many of them meditated over in the shades of the Colosseum at Rome, at the foot of St.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 152 · C1

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