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Meanings of shift in English
Synonyms
Examples for "slip"
Examples for "slip"
1
A year ago, however, that name started to slip away from her.
2
Nikki almost let slip the truth and said, For the moral support.
3
He asked her to write her question on a slip of paper.
4
Well I hope they choose to let slip a little more today.
5
Think I'll just slip in there and tell Marion the good news.
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The Health Minister is poised to sack the Waikato District Health Board.
2
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said under normal conditions she would sack him.
3
There were hundreds of slips of paper in each sack, thousands altogether.
4
The German was carrying a sack of food she must have given.
5
Owners of Nascar teams, however, have threatened to sack employees who protest.
1
There you will observe primitive constructs known as 'teddy bear' and 'womble'.
2
He covered her body with teddy bears and tires, the documents said.
3
Toys, teddy bears and model cars could be glimpsed among the bouquets.
4
That was all she needed now-tobe skewered by a teddy bear.
5
Wait a minute, you're not putting in the teddy bears, are you?
1
The chemise in particular showed a strong disposition to hug her breasts.
2
Off came the ruffled petticoat and little chemise edged with fine lace.
3
She let her chemise slip downwards with a calm and beneficent grace.
4
She shook out the chemise and displayed it to Marotte's critical eye.
5
Inside it was a blond woman attired in a flowing chemise gown.
1
The popular idea that life is a shimmy is a dangerous illusion.
2
The arse in question began to shimmy as MacDougall attempted to disengage.
3
My celebratory shuffle wasn't all that different from the banana's pixelated shimmy.
4
This shimmy is clumsy and transparent, but it can be crudely effective.
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All in all, it's an album with some bounce and sufficient shimmy.
Russian
смена Segment of time in which a particular worker or group of workers are on duty or on call.
Usage of shift in English
1
This shift constitutes a present challenge to the entire National Health Service.
2
The balance wheel turns; the tides change; the sands of occasion shift.
3
There is a night shift, so several days a week, I'm free.
4
In recent years, however, Falls Church had undergone a dramatic ethnic shift.
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He said many countries were already taking steps to combat climate shift.
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The administration, however, has said no policy shift is on the way.
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Copenhagen offers one example of a healthy cultural shift within a city.
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They'll probably just think we're first-shift workers on our way to work.
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This shift is creating new global opportunities for our company, he said.
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Forrester and Dooley saw the point; they all agreed to shift elsewhere.
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That population shift in turn changed the political balance of the nation.
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Tomorrow morning we'll clear the doorway and try to shift the doors.
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No more dramatic shift has been seen in Europe's recent political landscape.
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They saw no benefit in any shift from conflict toward reasonable debate.
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Future research should investigate other modifiable mediators linking night-shift work and MetS.
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Beijing's current position is not likely to shift anytime soon, analysts say.
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Portuguese
Catalan
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Shift through the time
Shift across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
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