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Meanings of soft-boiled in English

Spanish
pasado por agua

Easily moved to pity or sorrow.

pasado por agua

(Of an egg) Boiled so that the yolk is still liquide, while the egg white is not.

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Examples for "softhearted"
Examples for "softhearted"
1
He shall not shelter himself behind a promise from you softhearted girls.
Little Women
2
But this chambermaid was always, as Boots informs us, a softhearted one.
The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1
3
Glossu Rabban was the eldest son of the Baron's softhearted brother Abulurd.
Paul of dune
4
But the softhearted black man interceded and she got her job back.
In the Land of Jim Crow
5
On the 28th Grey again expressed one of his softhearted propositions for peace.
New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginn...

Soft-boiled.

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Usage of soft-boiled in English
1
Indefinitely they would eat soft-boiled eggs and rice and beef-tea and cornstarch.
Love Stories
2
When the appetite comes back, give soft-boiled rice, or oatmeal with milk.
The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
3
Father would order soft-boiled Eggs to be Eaten from the Shell.
Ade's Fables
4
When Orville Platt ate a soft-boiled egg he concentrated on it.
One Basket
5
A soft-boiled egg is better than six ounces of fine flour.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
6
Boil the eggs for eight minutes to get a soft-boiled yolk.
Reuters
7
They must be fresh and only slightly cooked, being either soft-boiled, poached or coddled.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
8
I haven't had soft-boiled eggs and toast triangles in years.
The wildwater walking club
9
When she got up, she ate a soft-boiled egg and two pieces of toast.
Revival
10
With as much mind as a minnow and as much snap as a soft-boiled egg.
The Reef
11
The supper which they provided for me was, however, most frugal, consisting only of soft-boiled eggs.
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North
12
This explains the difference between soft-boiled and hard-boiled ("hard-cooked") eggs.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
13
For breakfast, stale bread, a soft-boiled egg, fruit, and a cup of tea, not too strong.
The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in Hygiene
14
In the mornings he had a soft-boiled egg.
All That Is
15
The brick crunched heavily into the creature's bulbous left eye, bursting it like a soft-boiled egg.
The undertaker's gift
16
The top half of the head was split, the skull slightly cracked, like a soft-boiled egg.
The strain
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