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Sonata(health)
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sonata(dictionary)
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In Camera(money)

ballyhoo (oh) and sonata da camera (iou)


ballyhoo (oh)



informal when there is a lot of excitement or anger about something - used to show disapproval
-synonym fuss fuss
::After all the ballyhoo, the Film was a flop.
-- ballyhoo v [T]
::a much ballyhooed program to recruit more police officers

sonata da camera (iou)



sonata da camera noun phr. [so,na:ta da 'kamera] Pl. sonate da camera [so,na:te]. E19.
[Italian, lit. 'chamber sonata'.]
A musical composition for one or more solo instruments and continuo, popular in the 17th and 18th cents., usu. consisting of a suite of Dance movements.