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Significats de floodgate en anglès

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Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.

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        Ús de floodgate en anglès
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        The words came into her blank, resistant mind like a floodgate opening.
        The Beast Within
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        The addition of her air magick had opened some kind of floodgate.
        Witch heart
        3
        Cornelia saw his emotion; the great floodgate of her heart seemed suddenly lifted.
        Beulah
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        Meeting his gaze, she unbarred a floodgate of happy tenderness in her eyes.
        The Path of a Star
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        He raised the floodgate, and there at last was a way of escape.
        The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
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        They dug an outlet for the pond and rigged a floodgate for it.
        Analog sff, december 2009
        7
        That opened the floodgate of offers to work on other dancehall and reggae projects.
        Jamaica Observer
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        If he loses the ruling it could open a floodgate of charges against him.
        The Irish Times
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        His comment was treated like something of a floodgate-opening event.
        The Irish Times
        10
        I opened a floodgate, and the tide has drowned me.
        Shades of gray
        11
        Isabelle opened the floodgate to her fears, allowing all her terror to come pouring forth.
        Witch blood
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        He could only mean along to Byron's Pool, to the floodgate that crosses the river.
        The great lover
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        A floodgate of memories from his youth burst open.
        The god machine
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        This opened a floodgate of accusation and crocodillian remorse.
        Wild Justice
        15
        The marks suddenly opened between us like a floodgate.
        Blue Moon
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        I rolled from the floodgate among the ducks, and cried, "Snake!"
        Laddie: A True Blue Story
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        Floodgate a través del temps