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Meanings of asleep in anglès

portuguès
adormecido
català
adormit

In a state of sleep.

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        adormit

        Dead.

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              Examples for "awake"
              Examples for "awake"
              1
              Hope they don't keep us awake; they'll be sleeping right under us.
              Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
              2
              People in the provinces do dream; in Paris everybody is wide awake.
              The Parisians — Volume 02
              3
              The voices of the birds awake in the trellis on the wall.
              Jean-Christophe Journey's End
              4
              After an hour of talk Isaac could not stay awake any longer.
              Perdido Street Station
              5
              I am awake and safe; the fire is not in my room.
              Olive: A Novel

              Lacking sensation.

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                    Usage of asleep in anglès
                    1
                    All the men in it were asleep; but the king was gone.
                    Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
                    2
                    There were five of them; the sixth was asleep in the cradle.
                    Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
                    3
                    Henrik fell asleep in his bed, if I understand the situation rightly.
                    Kennedy's brain
                    4
                    Budget 2016: is George Osborne asleep at the wheel of UK's economy?
                    The Guardian
                    5
                    He didn't want to come home and find her asleep or working.
                    Irresistible forces
                    6
                    A long time later, Peter's even breathing said that he was asleep.
                    Ender’s Game
                    7
                    I couldn't even talk to her; she'd be asleep for hours yet.
                    Talk of the town
                    8
                    You just said this guy's power is comin' from everybody who's asleep!
                    Coyote dreams
                    9
                    I was asleep; my eyes closed; the book fell from my hand.
                    The Dark Forest
                    10
                    The moon was bright; Caspian had been asleep longer than he thought.
                    Prince Caspian
                    11
                    She is not asleep in the summer-house, or in the old barn.
                    Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends
                    12
                    Then she fell asleep with the ideas of Antarctica in her mind.
                    Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
                    13
                    Pichai already has the monkish capacity to hear and understand whilst asleep.
                    Bangkok 8
                    14
                    You must be asleep by now, thinking that I have gone home.
                    The eyes of a king
                    15
                    Fast asleep, wide open and innocent like only sleeping children can be.
                    Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
                    16
                    The silence in the room justified the inference that he was asleep.
                    Man and Wife
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                    Translations for asleep
                    portuguès
                    adormecido
                    català
                    adormit
                    Asleep through the time
                    Asleep across language varieties
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                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Common
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