…a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface…
…a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills…
…a perforated metal screen situated directly behind the phosphor screen in certain types of colour television tube, having a pattern of precisely located holes through which the electron beams pass so as to strike the correct dots on the phosphor screen…
…the estimated price of a good or service for which no market price exists…
…a criss-cross embroidery stitch used on sheer materials for filling in spaces, worked on the reverse side so as to show through in a shadowy way with an outline resembling a backstitch…
…illicit economic activity existing alongside a country’s official economy, e.g. black market transactions and undeclared work…
…a display in which the shadows of flat jointed puppets are cast on a screen which is viewed by the audience from the other side. Such shows originated in East Asia, and were popular in London and Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries; they survive in traditional form in Java and Bali…
…a dark appearance on a man’s chin and face caused by the slight growth of beard that has occurred since he shaved in the morning…
…completely exhaust oneself through overwork…
…a coloured cosmetic applied to the eyelids or to the skin around the eyes to accentuate them…
…no era ni sombra de lo que había sido…
