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sesta
Catalan
rebeca
Spanish
sueñecito
A short period of sleep, especially one during the day time.
nap
kip
doze
snooze
siesta
catnap
cat sleep
short sleep
Portuguese
sesta
English idiom meaning to take a nap.
to take forty winks
idiom
1
It usually comes when she is taking what she calls
forty
winks
.
2
Later, maybe, when I've had my grog, I'll take my
forty
winks
-
3
Run away, and think of me as enjoying my
forty
winks
.
4
Take
forty
winks
,
you poor child, it will freshen you up.
5
What the hell were you doing back there, catching
forty
winks
?
6
You-all take
forty
winks
while dad fixes up some supper.
7
About 3 o'clock I went below to take
forty
winks
.
8
We'll have
forty
winks
,
and then go on again.
9
The men tumbled down to catch
forty
winks
.
10
I'm going to try and get
forty
winks
.
11
Captain Glenn, tired out, announced that he was going below to get "
forty
winks
.
"
12
The old lady turned her
forty
winks
into four hundred, and slept outright, curtained in the shadows.
13
I shall most likely drop off to sleep, and enjoy
forty
winks
in this very comfortable chair.
14
And old Jolyon had but
forty
winks
.
15
I thought you were with mother, so I took
forty
winks
after I got those girls off.
16
I think I'll try for
forty
winks
.
Portuguese
sesta
soneca
Catalan
rebeca
capcinada
becada
becaina
cabotada
Spanish
sueñecito
pestañada
siesta
cabezada
siesta liviana