mien
[ meen ]
/ min /
noun
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.: a man of noble mien.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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mien
/ (miːn) /
noun
literary a person's manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mooda noble mien
Word Origin for mien
C16: probably variant of obsolete demean appearance; related to French mine aspect
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