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Significats de awry en anglès

Turned or twisted toward one side.

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Examples for "wrong"
Examples for "wrong"
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Europe is, quite simply, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Reuters
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But, as the new year violence illustrates, something has gone badly wrong.
The Guardian
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Sponsors are, however, protected from market risk if a deal goes wrong.
Reuters
4
Eight reports concerned the wrong patient, wrong procedure or wrong treatment site.
Radio NZ
5
A euro zone budget would set exactly the wrong incentives, Lambsdorff said.
Reuters
1
He said, 'An issue of rum would not come amiss, Mr Stirling.'
Man of War
2
His valet saw him frown and asked, 'Is something amiss, Sir Paul?'
For my Country’s Freedom
3
Something amiss there, I thought, but of course I didn't know what!
Shadow of an angel
4
No, nothing seemed amiss; no glass even was broken in the casement.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
5
It seemed that as far as she was concerned nothing was amiss.
Union Atlantic
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I try to follow his words, but my thoughts are going haywire.
Divergent
2
In a fire test prior to opening, the safety mechanisms went haywire.
News.com.au
3
I'd probably go haywire if I had to talk about it tonight.
In the Dark
4
At most companies when something goes haywire, they call their IT department.
Wired
5
It appeared that the Law of Diminishing Returns was going haywire too.
The new yorker

In an oblique manner.

Ús de awry en anglès
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In Federer's case, the second set is where things started going awry.
The Guardian
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Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly awry.
The Guardian
3
The lieutenant managed to fight his way through, his hat knocked awry.
Beyond the Reef
4
He sees in time little else; his very sincereness twists him awry.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
5
Something about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going awry?
Don't blink
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At the last moment their plans went awry; they send deep regrets.
Autobiography of a Yogi
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It was when Paulsson arrived that things really started to go awry.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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It signals indisputably that something physiological is awry that requires immediate attention.
The Irish Times
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Lots of programs make sense in theory but go awry in practice.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
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If this binding had been a trial, it had gone horribly awry.
Chaosbound
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But when you come to make a purchase, things go slightly awry.
Wired
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What if something really went awry, and you were to become quadriplegic.
The new yorker
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I have personal experience of what can go awry with predicted grades.
The Guardian
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So that it is awry to all the ends of reasonable civilisation.
Impressions and Comments
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The more lavish your plans, the more likely they will go awry.
The South African
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The face of my grandmother pulled awry with grief and flowing tears.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
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