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Conrad

[ kon-rad ]

noun

  1. Charles, Jr. Pete, 1930–1999, U.S. astronaut.
  2. Joseph Teodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski, 1857–1924, English novelist and short-story writer, born in Poland.
  3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “bold” and “counsel.”


Conrad

/ ˈkɒnræd /

noun

  1. ConradJoseph18571924MBritishPolishWRITING: novelist Joseph. real name Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski. 1857–1924, British novelist born in Poland, noted for sea stories such as The Nigger of the Narcissus (1897) and Lord Jim (1900) and novels of politics and revolution such as Nostromo (1904) and Under Western Eyes (1911)


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Conrad, you see, is in an open marriage and enjoys a little submission and a little pain with her sex.

Conrad was at the ob-gyn to check to see if, as the Maryland resident likes to put it, “My cervix is trying to kill me.”

Recently, Claire Conrad, 36, found herself trussed up in stirrups—and not in a fun way.

Below, the thick marshland and dim lights created a scene that Breman describes as “Joseph Conrad territory.”

The restaurant is part of the Conrad Rangali Resort, which spans two private islands in the Maldives.

Gottlieb Conrad Pfeffel, one of the best poets of Germany, died.

“Of course you know Cap swore an alibi for you against that suspicion Conrad tried to head your way,” she stated a bit anxiously.

Then I set about rewriting it as Conrad would have written it if he had lived today.

We sometimes wonder just how and what Joseph Conrad would have written if he had never gone to sea.

After all, Conrad is a man so keen in his understanding of the human heart that he can reach deep places.

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