"social" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Darcy comes to admire Elizabeth's lively spirit, generous nature and confident refusal to be cowed by her social 'betters'.
- Merrick uses the appearance of frankness and honesty as a tool to impress his social betters.
- Wheatley's thrillers and occult stories were written for "material success and to ingratiate himself with those he perceived to be his social betters," said Petit.
- If he did the job right, he would keep the rank and keep on giving orders to his social betters.
- Despite the Broons' perpetual deference to their social 'betters'.
- For those unable to afford a summer house, many hotels were built, where the slightly less affluent could spend the holiday months rubbing shoulders with their social betters.
- These nouveaux-riches citizens could be mocked and despised for copying their social betters.
- Nancy is the mother of the family, physically and mentally strong and unafraid to stand up to anyone, even her social 'betters'.
- Before the poor get access to more desirable housing, the market requires that their social betters be satisfied.
- As with blasphemy or lèse-majesté (crimes against a god or a monarch), crimes against one's social betters were punished more severely.
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