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Significats de skew-whiff en anglès

Turned or twisted toward one side.

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Examples for "awry"
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In Federer's case, the second set is where things started going awry.
The Guardian
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Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly awry.
The Guardian
3
The lieutenant managed to fight his way through, his hat knocked awry.
Beyond the Reef
4
He sees in time little else; his very sincereness twists him awry.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
5
Something about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going awry?
Don't blink
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This lopsided development matters because India needs to create lots of jobs.
Reuters
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Such lopsided trades often result in subsequent underperformance, a Reuters analysis found.
Reuters
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The lopsided, partisan structure has led to mission creep, former officers say.
Reuters
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Such a scenario could spur lopsided consumer demand in the United States.
Reuters
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Until then, this tournament is looking awfully lopsided in the first week.
The Guardian
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She knew that from this point on reality would be slightly askew.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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Now, something has knocked askew the calibrations developed over thousands of years.
Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
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He knotted his tie hurriedly, askew; and gathered the ends once more.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
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The iron rudely caressed my body; flailing limbs knocked my glasses askew.
Climbing Magazine
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Her glasses were still askew, Jessaline saw with a rush of fondness.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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All of them are wonky, broken; all of them are purely perfect.
The Guardian
2
The wonky house was my first proper entrée into Russian domestic life.
The Guardian
3
Your computer's Wi-Fi being wonky after an OS update has isolated effects.
Wired
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Thus, to appreciate wonky-ugly proves that you have a rarefied fashion eye.
The Guardian
5
He had a wonky eye and he didn't speak English very well.
The Guardian
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His ex-wife espoused a cockeyed fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
Getting in: a novel
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His cockeyed version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
Further adventures
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In the end he left the post standing cockeyed in the stream.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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We'll put it this way, to start: Something cockeyed is going on.
Highways in Hiding
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Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly cockeyed.
Reuters
Ús de skew-whiff en anglès
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Mr Kusher warned that since the financial crisis "things are skew-whiff".
News.com.au
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This story is definitely true, it's just the details that might be a little skew-whiff.
The Irish Times