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Meanings of the swallows in English

Russian
ласточковые
Portuguese
andorinha
Spanish
hirundínidos
Catalan
hirundínids
Wikidata

Family of birds.

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ласточковые
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Examples for "swallow"
Examples for "swallow"
1
My spouse wanted her own 'healthy' food that I can barely swallow.
The Irish Times
2
Their message is simple and easy to swallow: Beer tastes, says Oliver.
The Irish Times
3
They're claimin' to offer the fountain a youth in 'easy-to-swallow time-released capsules'.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
4
I shall turn them to me, or I shall swallow their souls.
Monster Hunter International
5
I saw a single swallow jinking its way south on October 28th.
The Irish Times
1
Although they come to us the last of the swallow family, they leave us the soonest.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
2
Have you forgotten that he does not belong to the Swallow family?
Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
3
He's the largest of the Swallow family, and we all feel very proud of him.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
4
The Swallow family never would admit such a homely looking fellow as he is as a member.
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
5
He thinks there are a great many cousins in the Swallow family, but can't tell them apart.
Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
Usage of the swallows in English
1
And the cat stole back to the window to watch the swallows.
The Patrician
2
Like the swallows who returned, they come because they were here before.
The world without us
3
So far this year the swallows haven't had to do much high-level flying.
The Guardian
4
Early in September the swallows began to gather in large flocks.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
5
Having learned the language of birds, the children knew what the swallows said.
Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
6
Mice ran in and out, almost as tame as the swallows.
The Desert of Wheat
7
But she will be happy by and by, like the swallows in spring.
Marietta: A Maid of Venice
8
They see the swallows about the water, and often dipping almost into it.
Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Chil...
9
Soon the swallows and the storks came home from their long winter journeys.
Undine
10
Yet the swallows were not dislodged, for the soldiers could not reach them.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 / Little J...
11
Without his assistance the swallows would doubtless have gone hungry yet another day.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
12
So the Doctor sent one of the swallows off to get some eagles.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
13
Are not the pale-faces thicker than the swallows in the season of flowers?
The Last of the Mohicans
14
They made short work of the rats' and the swallows' nests.
Burned Bridges
15
It is what the swallows feel when the time for departure has come.
Evelyn Innes
16
It was the day of San Benedetto, when the swallows come.
The Waters of Edera