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Significats de portent en anglès

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A sign of something about to happen.

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A sign that is supposed to reveal whether the future will be favourable or not.

Ús de portent en anglès
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The Irish Times saw the event as a portent of better times:
The Irish Times
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Neither brother had expected a moment so fraught, so heady with portent.
Forge of Darkness
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The sun-star exhibited a golden halo of ice crystals, portent of change.
Genellan: planetfall
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It was nothing less than a portent of what was to come.
The South African
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On the other hand, to Thyrsis he was a portent of terror.
Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
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A second difference of even greater portent was the motif of gathering.
Where the Trail Divides
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All his inner being trembled at the portent of his next query.
The Rainbow Trail
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Almo's austere celibacy is a portent in our world and altogether marvellous.
The Unwilling Vestal
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John looked puzzled, not quite understanding the portent of this cryptic saying.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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Or she'll grow into a portent and a peril and a pest.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917
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It was her Majesty's remedy for that new portent, the revolting daughter.
King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
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The Black Coach had been a death portent, warning of impending doom.
A kiss of shadows
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There was portent in it; things seemed to be closing in.
The Pool in the Desert
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The stillness grew in portent; the forest creatures moved more furtively.
The Silent Places
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Everyone believed in astrology; the comet of 1680 was regarded as a portent.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
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The portent is fulfilled; the Heir of Cerdic is no more.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06
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