motive-a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. motif. melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; the theme is announced in the first measures; the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it.. An emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an incitement to action. 2. (mÅâ²tÄ­v, mÅ-tÄvâ²) A motif in art, literature, or music. adj. 1. Causing or able to cause motion: motive power. 2.
Pho is known for its delicious broth, but this is where the healthy diner needs to exercise caution: the exact numbers vary widely depending on the recipe, but a standard bowl can easily supply thousands of milligrams of sodium.
âJust a few years ago a waitress approached me as I was eating pho, a kind of noodle soup.â âBut I did enjoy my Vietnamese bowl of pho, which I ate entirely with chopsticks.â âI yearn to taste Vietnamese pho as good as I ate at Pho Pasteur in Saigon.â âMoving on to the main course, the beef pho was pretty average.â âI learned to love cilantro and discovered during staff meals the pleasures of bahn mi and pho.â âWe tried the vegetarian pho, the Vietnamese noodle soup, and were pleased with hot, clear broth.â