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Significados de foible en inglés

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A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.

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Uso de foible en inglés
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Once more the company laughed at Sir Chichester's apology for his foible.
The Summons
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His love of dress is a mere foible, that may be excused.
Home Lights and Shadows
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Mrs. Vint had pricked his conscience, but she had wounded his foible.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 / A Magazin...
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The Doctor's little foible of curiosity had not escaped his observant eye.
Flint: His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
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José Medina saw nothing at all grotesque or ridiculous in this particular foible.
The Summons
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He concluded that it was a foible of the legal mind.
The Secret Adversary
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His crestfallen expression suggested his difficulty explaining this psychological foible in his team.
The Guardian
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They are indulged in this foible-pardonableit may be-bytheir husbands and parents.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India / Descriptive of Their ...
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When engaged in mischief-hisbesetting foible-hiseyes shone like carbuncles with unholy light.
The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood
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Vagueness was his foible, the relaxation of an intellect uncomfortably keen.
The Helpmate
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It is only my foible for making a thing look nice.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
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The cliff possesses an acoustic foible which I have never met anywhere else.
A Time of Gifts
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Rien ne révolte les grands d'un royaume comme un Gouvernoment foible et dérangé.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches
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Winking was his foible, as puckering of the face was Coyne's.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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Most people call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and not a vice.
Architects of Fate; Or, Steps to Success and Power
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Why, didn't you know that spiritualism was that poor man's foible?
A Traveler from Altruria: Romance
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