The purring noise is often used to communicate a sense of content.
2
The fall of Clump-clump in particular kept them purring like pet cats.
3
A moment and the regular purring of the engines was heard again.
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Everything was silent save the purring murmur of the swiftly moving train.
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The purring and humming increased, and the car seemed to leap forward.
Uso de shin-kicking en inglés
1
Football and shin-kicking matches often resulted in injuries.
2
Bear-baiting, cocking- mains, shin-kicking, bulldog-fighting, etc., all greatly enjoyed by the general public a generation or so ago, are now quite generally tabood.