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Meanings of impossible in anglès

portuguès
impossível
espanyol
imposible

Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with.

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        impossível

        Used of persons or their behavior.

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              Totally unlikely.

                    First publication of Ray Bradbury's short story (The Martian) in Super Science Stories, November 1949.

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                          Examples for "the martian"
                          Examples for "the martian"
                          1
                          Discovery of water reserves deep in the martian crust stimulated widespread pumping.
                          Futures 1
                          2
                          We know the Martian environment; we know how to make things robust.
                          BBC
                          3
                          The Martian project is the single most ambitious endeavor in human history.
                          Gods of Risk
                          4
                          The Martian cloudlet, like the human animal, had a complex instinctive nature.
                          Last and First Men
                          5
                          And a recent movie I think captured the same spirit, The Martian.
                          Wired
                          Usage of impossible in anglès
                          1
                          THE question is almost impossible to answer: why is Winx so good?
                          News.com.au
                          2
                          As a result it was impossible to form an effective parliamentary government.
                          Modern Times
                          3
                          Madam, - The present Government gained power by reckless and impossible promises.
                          The Irish Times
                          4
                          In Syria great truths overturn history; they are products of the impossible.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          Of course, crossing the Cerulean Sea in a morning was impossible too.
                          The black prism
                          6
                          It can answer questions that are impossible to answer any other way.
                          Wired
                          7
                          Given U.S. house prices are falling savagely, this is far from impossible.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          The problem: This was impossible according to the thinking back in 1895.
                          Wired
                          9
                          One problem still remained: the deeply embedded marks were impossible to remove.
                          News.com.au
                          10
                          Reality is impossible for us to control because we work within Arras.
                          Crewel
                          11
                          That said; it's not a day to try and achieve the impossible.
                          The South African
                          12
                          It's impossible to have an internal European market that way, Clausen said.
                          Reuters
                          13
                          That proved impossible given the sheer scale of the private residential market.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          It is impossible to know for sure quite where this might lead.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          Even if the father involved submitted completely, the situation would be impossible.
                          Changer of Worlds
                          16
                          The family was strong because economic survival outside the family was impossible.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Translations for impossible
                          portuguès
                          impossível
                          espanyol
                          imposible
                          Impossible through the time
                          Impossible across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
                          Canada
                          Common
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