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Significats de by small degrees en anglès

By a short distance.

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Examples for "by inches"
1
It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
The Blind Spot
2
Given that races are often won by inches, crabs are a no-no.
The Irish Times
3
He had got the door open by inches, but not far enough.
The Hellbound Heart
4
Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
Hunting the Lions
5
It missed us by inches, but we got out of the way.
White night
1
He had it brought little by little carefully packed in sealed cases.
The Moon-Voyage
2
The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
How to Live a Holy Life
3
Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English Hist...
4
The gas would burn quietly, and we should descend little by little.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
5
Then, little by little, the facts began to clarify in his mind.
The Plunderer
Ús de by small degrees en anglès
1
People jockeying for position, nudging their way across the flow, pressing forward or backward by small degrees.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
2
Mr, Peabody worked his way up by small degrees, from a clerk in America to a banker in London.
Thrift
3
He had begun by small degrees, just taking a nip now and then, till he had become-andthat very rapidly- aharddrinker.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
4
Translate: "and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted, which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry."
Meditations
5
By small degrees it gathered pace.
An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestraine...