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Interlude

A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.

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Entr'acte 76% connected

The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interval 76% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Perform 76% connected

To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intermezzo 74% connected

An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Intermezzo 74% connected

An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entr'acte 92% connected

The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intermezzo 92% connected

An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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