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Significats de luff en anglès

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Sail close to the wind.

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Examples for "point"
1
These results therefore point to continued private sector expansion throughout the year.
The Guardian
2
Case in point: the current end of financial year and mid-year sales.
News.com.au
3
The situation in the North West is now well beyond crisis point.
The South African
4
The budget is a key point of political contention this election year.
Reuters
5
A year ago, football was in crisis - up to a point.
The Irish Times
Ús de luff en anglès
1
She keeps her luff, and is shooting out again into clear water.
Hurricane Hurry
2
But I luff you truly, sir, and wish to gif you something.
The Valley of the Kings
3
Near the Omaha mission-house, on a high luff, was a solitary Indian grave.
The Inner Life / Part 3 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittie...
4
Suddenly he gave a cry of alarm and shouted to me to luff.
The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton / 1902
5
You keep her off now, and six months hence you let her luff.
A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future
6
Adam said, 'We will luff at the right moment and rake the nearest one.
Second to None
7
Do not luff so near me; some accident may happen.
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
8
We had to luff up a little to reach her.
Paddy Finn
9
The latter ship becoming too crippled to luff, while Mons.
Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
10
By keeping our luff we were quickly up to them.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
11
A silence grew until the breeze picked up enough to make their robes luff.
Spellwright
12
In vain was the jib-sheet let fly; in vain did I luff into the wind.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
13
We shall fetch the Cob by keeping our luff.
The Boy who sailed with Blake
14
Stand by to luff handsomely, so as to keep the boom as steady as possible.
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
15
The Frenchman perceiving this sheered off, and springing his luff, shot ahead clear of us.
The Privateersman
16
I shouted, 'and luff her up into the wind.'
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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