Pelt - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Make a concerted or violent attack on.

Примеры использования:

The scots army assailed edward's army from the rear

verb

To attack someone violently or criticize someone strongly

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The victim had been assailed with repeated blows to the head and body., he was assailed with insult…

verb

To cause someone to experience a lot of unpleasant things

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To be assailed by doubts/fears/problems

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

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In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

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He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

verb

Strike repeatedly with hard blows.

Примеры использования:

A prisoner was battered to death with a table leg

noun

A semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for making pancakes or for coating food before frying.

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Pancake batter

noun

(in various sports, especially baseball) a player who is batting.

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

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They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

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The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Примеры использования:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

noun

An intensive or sudden military attack.

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A heavy artillery blitz

verb

Another term for lightning chess.

noun

A sudden and violent military attack, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft

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That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.

verb

Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

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The city was bombarded by federal forces

noun

A cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.

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Yet for all the muskets, bombards, and cannon, kelly appears more interested in the impact of gunpo…

verb

To attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs

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Fig. i was bombarded with phone calls and faxes.

verb

Move in an energetic and busy manner.

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People clutching clipboards bustled about

noun

Excited activity and movement.

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All the noise and the traffic and the bustle

noun

A pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind.

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This staged cross-dressing was a great shock to audiences used to only seeing women on stage when t…

noun

A low, continuous humming or murmuring sound, made by or similar to that made by an insect.

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The buzz of the bees

verb

Make a low, continuous humming sound.

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Mosquitoes were buzzing all around us

verb

To make a continuous, low sound such as the sound some insects make, or to move quickly while making this sound

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[ i ] something was buzzing around me as i tried to sleep., [ t ] all were expected to run, literal…

noun

A period of continuous heavy gunfire.

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The french attack began with a cannonade

verb

Discharge heavy guns continuously.

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Gunboats on the amur cannonaded during the night

noun

A period of continuous heavy firing of large guns, especially as part of an attack

noun

An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

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He seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father

verb

Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

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The coach careered across the road and went through a hedge

noun

A job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money

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He’s hoping for a career in social work., she left college to pursue an acting career., the bus car…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

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Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

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Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Pursue in order to catch or catch up with.

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Police chased the stolen car through the city

noun

An act of pursuing someone or something.

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They captured the youths after a brief chase

verb

Engrave (metal, or a design on metal).

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They didn't have foundries to cast or chase metal

noun

An outer garment with sleeves, worn outdoors and typically extending below the hips.

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A winter coat

verb

Provide with a layer or covering of something.

Примеры использования:

Her right leg was coated in plaster

noun

Any of various types of outer clothing that are worn over other clothes, usually open in the front, and are often used for warmth

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She put on her heavy winter coat., a raincoat, the dog’s coat is shiny and clean., there were about…

verb

Run or travel somewhere in a great hurry.

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I dashed into the garden

exclamation

Used to express mild annoyance.

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Dash it all, i am in charge

noun

An act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily.

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She made a dash for the door

verb

Plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head.

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She walked to the deep end, then she dived in

noun

A plunge head first into water.

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He hit the sea in a shallow dive

verb

A headlong plunge into water

verb

Past of fall.

noun

An amount of timber cut.

noun

A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern england.

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Cross fell

verb

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way.

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Lightning flashed overhead

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright light.

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A flash of lightning

adjective

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive.

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A flash new car

noun

The woolly covering of a sheep or goat.

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As the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces

verb

Obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them.

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The city's cab drivers are notorious for fixing fares and fleecing tourists

noun

The thick covering of wool on an animal, especially a sheep, or this covering used to make a piece of clothing

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Many farmers identify their sheep by painting their fleeces., the leicester longwool was bred to pr…

verb

(of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings.

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Close the door or the moths will fly in

noun

An opening at the crotch of a pair of trousers, closed with a zip or buttons and typically covered with a flap.

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Interesting alternatives are velcro straps or, if the shorts fit perfectly, stylish button flies.

noun

A flying insect of a large order characterized by a single pair of transparent wings and sucking (and often also piercing) mouthparts. flies are of great importance as vectors of disease.

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Almost 40 years ago ed lewis discovered a remarkable fly that differs from an ordinary fly by one e…

noun

The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals.

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A long, lean, muscular cat with sleek fur

verb

Coat or clog with a deposit or thick layer.

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The so-called ‘bad’ cholesterol furs up coronary arteries

abbreviation

Furlong(s).

noun

A series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.

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Marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles

verb

Fire a fusillade at (a place or person).

Примеры использования:

The mahdi's adherents fusilladed his palace at khartoum

noun

A number of bullets fired at the same time or one after another quickly

noun

A fast-running, long-eared mammal that resembles a large rabbit, having very long hind legs and typically found in grassland or open woodland.

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European game animals include various deer, wild boar, hare, and rabbit.

verb

Run with great speed.

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He hared off between the trees

noun

An animal like a large rabbit that can run very fast and has long ears

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

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He hid the money in the house

noun

A camouflaged shelter used to observe wildlife at close quarters.

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We expect the camera crew to sit patiently in a camouflaged hide, waiting for the wildlife to wande…

noun

The skin of an animal, especially when tanned or dressed.

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We'll skin them right here and preserve their hides

verb

Push oneself off a surface and into the air by using the muscles in one's legs and feet.

Примеры использования:

The cat jumped off his lap

noun

An act of jumping from a surface by pushing upwards with one's legs and feet.

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In making the short jump across the gully he lost his balance

Move forward by leaps and bounds

noun

A toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string.

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Despite one close call when it dropped so far that the line briefly got caught in the branches of a…

verb

Fly a kite.

Примеры использования:

While i kited, she would always watch out for me

noun

A frame covered with cloth or plastic and joined to a long string, that you fly in the air when the weather is windy

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To fly a kite

verb

Jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force.

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He leapt on to the parapet

noun

A forceful jump or quick movement.

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She came downstairs in a series of flying leaps

verb

Move forward by bounds

noun

A pungent hot-tasting powder prepared from dried and ground peppercorns, used as a spice or condiment to flavour food.

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Season to taste with salt and pepper

verb

Sprinkle or season (food) with pepper.

Примеры использования:

I salted and peppered the beef before i browned it

noun

A black or cream-colored spice, often used in powdered form, that gives a spicy hot taste to food

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The mayor was peppered with questions from reporters about the municipal corruption scandal., he pe…

noun

A competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.

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Hill started from pole position and won the race

verb

Compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective.

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The vet took blood samples from the horses before they raced

noun

Each of the major groupings into which humankind is considered (in various theories or contexts) to be divided on the basis of physical characteristics or shared ancestry.

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People of all races, colours, and creeds

noun

An implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.

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Moving the soil surface with a rake in winter will expose many slugs and their eggs to frost damage.

verb

Draw together with a rake or similar implement.

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I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass

noun

A fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits.

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A merry restoration rake

verb

Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.

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The dog ran across the road

noun

An act or spell of running.

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I usually go for a run in the morning

verb

Move fast by using one's feet

verb

Move with urgent haste.

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Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

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There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

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Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

verb

Make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet.

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We scrambled over the damp boulders

noun

A difficult or hurried clamber up or over something.

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An undignified scramble over the wall

verb

To move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using the hands

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She scrambled to safety away from the fighting., [ + to infinitive ] fig. poultry farmers scrambled…

verb

Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind.

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We lie watching the clouds scudding across the sky

noun

A mass of vapoury clouds or spray driven fast by the wind.

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The water is glassy under a scud of mist

verb

(especially of clouds and ships) to move quickly and without stopping in a straight line

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It was a windy day, and small white clouds were scudding across the blue sky., it was a night of wi…

verb

(of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps.

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Pedestrians scurried for cover

noun

A situation of hurried and confused movement.

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I was in such a scurry

verb

(especially of a small animal) move hurriedly with short steps.

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A little dog scuttered up from the cabin

noun

An act or sound of scuttering.

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There was no sound in the wood, no scutter of tiny beast

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

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He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.

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He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

exclamation

Variant spelling of chute1.

noun

A brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

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A day of sunny spells and scattered showers

verb

(of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower.

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Bits of broken glass showered over me

noun

A brief rain, or a light fall of snow

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A snow shower, a shower of sparks, a shower of confetti, he stays in the shower until there is no m…

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Примеры использования:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Примеры использования:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The natural outer layer that covers a person or animal

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[ c ] leopard skins, [ u ] he had dark, leathery skin., potato skins, [ c ] those airplanes have ti…

verb

Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

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She began to skip down the path

noun

A light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.

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He moved with a strange, dancing skip

noun

A large transportable open-topped container for building and other refuse.

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I've salvaged a carpet from a skip

verb

Boast.

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She did it just so that she could skite about it

noun

A boaster.

Примеры использования:

So i slunk back to national where there is less talk of skites and bludgers.

noun

The rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate.

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We turned on to the runway and began to gather speed

verb

Move quickly.

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I got into the car and home we sped

noun

(a) rate at which something moves or happens

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[ c ] a speed of 25 miles per hour, [ u ] both cars were traveling at high speed., [ u ] they came …

verb

Run at full speed over a short distance.

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I saw charlie sprinting through the traffic towards me

noun

An act or short spell of running at full speed.

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Greg broke into a sprint

verb

Run very fast, usually for a short distance

noun

A sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals.

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The herd was fleeing back to the high land in a wild stampede

verb

(of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic.

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The nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger

noun

A situation where a large group of frightened animals, esp. horses or cattle, or a large group of people, all run in the same direction

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The film clip showed a stampede of wild horses., the government said that it would investigate the …

verb

Attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.

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Military aircraft strafed the village

noun

An attack from low-flying aircraft.

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Next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern greece

verb

To attack an enemy by shooting from aircraft that are flying low in the sky

noun

A long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings.

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A streak of oil

verb

Cover (a surface) with streaks.

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Tears streaking her face, cynthia looked up

noun

A mark of a color that is different from what surrounds it, or a thin strip of light

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Streaks of gray and black colored the marble., the comet appeared as a dazzling streak in the sky.,…

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

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I've swept the floor

noun

An act of sweeping something with a brush.

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I was giving the floor a quick sweep

verb

Move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound.

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The missiles whizzed past

noun

A whistling or buzzing sound made by something moving fast through the air.

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I can add whizzes, bangs and sparkles really easily.

noun

Someone who is very good and successful at something

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A whizz at/on/with sth you don't have to be a whizz at computers in this job., a computer/financial…

verb

Move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound.

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A train whooshed by

noun

A sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound.

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There was a big whoosh of air

exclamation

Used to imitate sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound.

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The starlings gather, then suddenly—whoosh!—flocks rise and swirl

noun

(in a bird) a modified forelimb that bears large feathers and is used for flying.

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Besides having forelimbs that resemble the wings of modern birds, the animal sported long feathers …

verb

Travel on wings or by aircraft; fly.

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George satisfied his keen urge to fly by winging homewards with the royal air force

verb

Move or travel very quickly.

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He jumped into his car and zoomed off

noun

A camera shot that changes smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa.

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As a result, instead of the clean visuals that typify the science fiction genre, we see lens flares…

exclamation

Used to express sudden fast movement.

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Then suddenly, zoom!, he's off