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Significats de buoy en anglès

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A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.

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Keep afloat.

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Examples for "buoy up"
Examples for "buoy up"
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Each one did what he could to buoy up the mother's hopes.
With Those Who Wait
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It not only rose itself, but helped to buoy up its unfortunate brother.
The History of England, Volume I / From the Invasion of Julius C...
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That was the sort of talk to buoy up Steve's spirits.
In Camp on the Big Sunflower
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He could buoy up her spirit with his own.
The Snowshoe Trail
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The demand for premium retail space will continue to buoy up the retail sector in 2002.
The Irish Times

A little girl plays all the time with a friendly whale in a small pool. But one day the pool dries up and the whale vanishes.

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Ús de buoy en anglès
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Any positive reaction by global markets would almost certainly buoy the Gulf.
Reuters
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However, with so much bad news forecast, any positive may buoy investors.
Reuters
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When I had the sails set we were passing the sea buoy.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
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With the sunrise the search for the buoy was begun in earnest.
The Second Deluge
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Marks: Run 5 miles SW. from the whistling buoy off Cape Elizabeth.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
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The buoy on the port is the southwest point of the island.
Within The Enemy's Lines
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This may buoy the euro -the last thing that Lagarde needs.
Reuters
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The forward harpoon assembly followed, trailing a red buoy on a line.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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He looked at the buoy; it seemed a very long way off.
The Three Midshipmen
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In bad weather heavy seas toss the buoy, and the bell rings.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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At one point Katy tapped Sam's shoulder and pointed to a buoy.
Death du Jour
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The yacht approached the Flank buoy dead slow, scarcely stemming the tide.
The Lion's Share
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Faith and hope only buoy the heart, and time brings the end.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
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The buoy fastened on to the sounding-line had not yet been seen.
The Moon-Voyage
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With that thought to buoy me, I stepped back into the room.
The iron king
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So the abbot caused a buoy to be fastened to the rock.
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
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Translations for buoy
Buoy a través del temps
Buoy per variant geogràfica
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