One day an unknown youth asked Mozart to explain to him how to start to compose a symphony.
- You are young, - answered Mozart. In the beginning write a ballade, and if you like it, come to me.
- But you! At the age of ten you have composed a lot of music.
- But I did not ask anybody how to do it.
- a place or buildings forming a central point or a main area for an activity (shopping centre; town centre). B (with a preceding word) equipment for a number of connected functions (music centre).
- point of concentration or dispersion; nucleus, source.
- political party or group holding moderate opinions.
- filling in chocolate etc.
- sport a middle player in a line in some field games. B kick or hit from the side to the centre of a pitch.
- (attrib.) Of or at the centre. —v. (-ring) 1 (foll. By in, on, round) have as its main centre.
- place in the centre.
- (foll. By in etc.) Concentrate. [greek kentron sharp point]
- back n. Sport middle player or position in a half-back line.
- forward n. Sport middle player or position in a forward line.
- half n. = *centre back.
- of gravity n. (also centre of mass) point at which the weight of a body may be considered to act.
- spread n. Two facing middle pages of a newspaper etc.
CEREAL
—n. - a grain used for food. B wheat, maize, rye, etc. Producing this.
- breakfast food made from a cereal. —adj. Of edible grain. [latin ceres goddess of agriculture]
CERISE
n. Light clear red. [french: related to *cherry]
CERIUM
n. Silvery metallic element of the lanthanide series. [ceres, name of an asteroid]
CERVIX
n. (pl. Cervices) 1 necklike structure, esp. The neck of the womb.
- the neck. [latin]
CESIUM
n. (brit. Caesium) soft silver-white element. [latin caesius blue-grey]
CETANE
n. Liquid hydrocarbon used in standardizing ratings of diesel fuel. [from *spermaceti]
CHACHA
n. (also cha-cha-cha) 1 latin-american dance.
- music for this. [american spanish]
CHAISE
longue n. (pl. Chaise longues or chaises longues pronunc. Same) sofa with only one arm rest. [french, = long chair]
- n. Esp. Hist. Horse-drawn usu. Open carriage for one or two persons. [french]
CHALET
n. - swiss mountain hut or cottage with overhanging eaves.
- house in a similar style.
- small cabin in a holiday camp etc. [swiss french]
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