Showing posts with label one verb and compound forms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label one verb and compound forms. Show all posts

25 April 2010

linger

linger : delay leaving

linger on:
- aftertaste/smell: persistir
- tradition/image: perdurar, sobrevivir

-His face lingers in my memory.
-They lingered over their tea. (Se entretuvieron tomando el té)
- We like to linger over our lunch. (Nos gusta comer sin prisas)

Stars fading but I linger on dear, still craving your kiss, I'm 
longing to linger till dawn dear, just saying this por rhonda gibson.
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you, sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you, but in your dreams, whatever they be, Dream a little dream of me...

07 October 2008

slink

slink [slɪɳk] vi (ps & pp slunk) (con adverbio) mover sigilosamente
to slink away, escabullirse

slink /slɪŋk/ verbo intransitivo (past & past p slunk) (+ adv compl):
to ~ off o away escabullirse
Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:(conj.⇒)

- And a momma who might just be slinking back into the library without kids for awhile.
- I’m not slinking into the shadows
- Why are you slinking!
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He slunk into the kitchen and stole a cake.
A mysterious cat used to slink through the yard.

slink (slngk)
v. slunk (slngk) also slinked, slink·ing, slinks
v.intr.
To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak: slunk away ashamed; a cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.
v.tr.
To give birth to prematurely: The cow slinked its calf.
n.
An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely.
adj.
Born prematurely.

05 October 2008

to write

From the WordReference Supplement © 2008 WordReference.com:
write:
Compound Forms:
It's nothing to write home about.
nada del otro jueves
It's nothing to write home about.
nada del otro mundo
read-write access
acceso de lectura-escritura (informática)
something to write home aboutnfcosa del otro mundo
tax write-offnmvalor cancelado para impuestos
tax write-offnnnmvalor pasado a pérdidas
write a lettervescribir una carta
write chroniclesvescribir crónicas
write downvtapuntar (anotar)
write offvtcancelar (una deuda)
write out (a document)vtrellenar (un documento)
write out (give details)vtdetallar por escrito
write poetryvescribir poesía
write sb off (informal)vdar a alguien por perdido familiar
write sb off (informal)vdar a algn por perdido familiar
write upvescribir un informe
write upvpasar a limpio
write-upnfcrítica