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Significados de castle in the air en inglés

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Absentminded dreaming while awake.

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A plan, desire or idea that is impossible or very unlikely to be realized.

Uso de castle in the air en inglés
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And Clarice's first castle in the air fell into pieces behind her.
A Forgotten Hero / Not for Him
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Shall we build a castle in the air to suit our inheritance?
In Luck at Last
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This was the nice castle in the air that Willie built.
Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
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Upon this foundation they raised a shining castle in the air.
The Fur Bringers: A Story of the Canadian Northwest
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Here was no castle in the air, but a realized day-dream.
The Hudson / Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
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Do you know what sort of thing a castle in the air is?
The Master Builder
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The idea was, therefore, but a castle in the air.
The Prime Minister
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The shattering of her castle in the air was more than she could endure.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
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My castle in the air would be the counterpart of those which Scott describes.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
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He sought out Pettingill and demanded a description of his castle in the air.
Brewster's Millions
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A government founded on atheisticalprincipleswere less than a castle in the air.
The American Republic: Its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny
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When his castle in the air fell down, it buried him beneath the ruins.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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Her first brilliant castle in the air fell, poor lass!
Mistress and Maid: A Household Story
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From this time this imaginary home of Allan's became his favorite castle in the air.
Esther : a book for girls
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Such was the old man's castle in the air; his clever, selfish son soon demolished it.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 / Volume 17, New Series, J...
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She is building a castle in the air.
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
Translations for castle in the air