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with Anu Gargmoment of truth
PRONUNCIATION:
(MOH-muhnt of trooth)
MEANING:
noun:
A crucial point; a turning point; a decisive moment.
ETYMOLOGY:
Loan translation of Spanish el momento de la verdad. In bullfighting, the
moment when a matador is about to kill the bull is called el momento de la
verdad.
USAGE:
"The moment of truth has arrived for the euro. The 16-nation monetary union
faces its greatest test Wednesday in Athens, as the Greek government orders
last-ditch radical cuts in hopes of preventing the eurozone's first debt
default and a wider financial and monetary disaster."Doug Saunders; Greece Set to Impose Austerity Measures; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Mar 2, 2010. See more usage examples of moment of truth in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator. -Marcel Proust, novelist (1871-1922)
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