the sun was streaming through the windows.Try not to wake the baby.wake toNancy woke to the sound of birds outside her window(=she heard birds singing when she woke).→wake up→wake up tosomething→ VerTabla de verbosEjemplos desde el Corpuswake•It wasimpossibletowakeanyone in the hous...
Familia de palabras(noun)loveloverloveliness.lovey(adjective)lovable≠unlovablelovelesslovelylovingunloved(verb)love(adverb)lovingly Del Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlov‧er/ˈlʌvə$-ər/●●○W3noun[countable]1someone’sloveris the person they are having asexualrelationshipwith but ...
Imágenes del día ¿Qué es esto? Dé clic en la imagen para verificar Tabla de verbos poke Forma simple Presente I, you, we, theypoke he, she, itpokes > Ver más Forma continua Presente Iampoking he, she, itispoking > Ver más...
venturedout to see if there were anyflyingfish about.•Tinyvesselsfussedin herwakelikepilotfish aroundawhaleandaircraftroaredpast herportholes.•Ourtestson movingfish aroundin correctlydosedwater broughtimpressiveresults.•Ifished aroundin myhandbag, coming up with someloosechange.•Markfished around...
•Put someiceon yourkneebefore itswellsup.•I was a bigguyin those days and mylegsswelledup.•If it is physicallyrestrainedfromswellingwhen it wants toswell, veryconsiderablepressuresare built up.swell the ranks/numbers of something•But have theerstwhilelong staypatientsswelled the ranks of...
You asked me towakeyou up.•Irritableandmoody, sheshookherhairback andleanedback on herbracedhands andscowledat me.•The off-shift satscowlingon awall,countingtheir money.•Reedhas beenscowlingso long in his longcareerthat it seems anaturalreposefor him.scowl at•Nancyscowled atme from...
activity etcIt was the kind of morning when you wake up andfeelreallyalive.alive withHer face was alive with excitement.The whole house was alive with activity.4→come alive5→be alive to a fact/possibility/danger etc6→be alive with something7→bring something alive→skin somebody aliveEjempl...
1torespectand like someone because they have done something that you think is good, or to respect their qualities orskillsI reallyadmire the wayshe brings up those kids all on her own.admire somebody for (doing) somethingLewis wasmuch admiredfor his work on medieval literature. ...
(=a complete change)A fundamental shift in attitudes was underway.a sudden shiftShe immediately picked up his sudden shifts of mood.a dramatic shift(=a big and sudden change)Increased spending on the armed forces marks a dramatic shift in priorities.a small/slight shiftThere has been only a ...
→ VerTabla de verbos Ejemplos desde el Corpus thrash•He's arestlesssleeper,kickingandthrashingabout throughout the night.•But thefishthrashedand broke free.•Wetiedballoonsandstreamersto thetents,wheelbarrowand Land Rover and watched them beingthrashedby thewind.•He wasthrashingfrom side to...