Both Uses
interlude
in
Charlotte's Web
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- The song sparrow, who knows how brief and lovely life is, says, "Sweet, sweet, sweet interlude; sweet, sweet, sweet..."
p. 43.6 *interlude = a short period with an activity different than that occurring during longer periods before or after it
- The song sparrow, who knows how brief and lovely life is, says, "Sweet, sweet, sweet interlude; sweet, sweet, sweet interlude."†
p. 43.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(interlude) a break or intervening period between main events; in theatre or music, a short performance between acts of a play or movements of a musical pieceMore rarely, an interlude may not be shorter than the periods surrounding it, but may be less significant, as in "the quiet summer interlude between political conventions."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)