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Significados de skulk en inglés

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Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner.

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Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill.

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Examples for "malinger"
Examples for "malinger"
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Well, don't malinger here all day; get in there and don't take for ever about it.
Surface detail
2
One, of course, can readily see with what facility an individual of the type under discussion could malinger mental symptoms.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
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Nor did Eurylochus malinger by the hull;
The Odyssey
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To shirk or malinger on the man who paid me my wages was a sin, first, against myself, and second, against him.
War of the Classes
5
She straightened up, apparently satisfied that Alva was dead and not just malingering.
The Slab
Uso de skulk en inglés
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I must skulk back in the darkness, and get back the bullet.
From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
2
Under treetops and over wood chips, a quartet of damaged figures skulk.
The Guardian
3
He didn't look his chirpy self -more skulk than customary swagger.
The Irish Times
4
I said as how I was sure you wasn't one to skulk.
Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy
5
I skulk around side stage and notice audience members patiently waiting.
The Irish Times
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You would not have me skulk in the hour of danger.
Idle Hour Stories
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They skulk in the bushes, their horned noses sniffing the south London air.
The Guardian
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He wasn't content to skulk around the night setting booby traps.
Stars rain down
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Why should they have to skulk about in their own country?'
Siege of heaven
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They skulk around here hoping one day to rise up again.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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This squad didn't march so much as skulk, spread out, crossbows readied, hunched.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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But, lo, the beast would cower before me and skulk away.
The Holy Cross and Other Tales
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No thanks to you for having to skulk like a fox.
For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
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That should make it easier for you to skulk about unnoticed.
Library of Souls
15
Not unless you want to skulk around their haunts at dusk or dawn.
The Irish Times
16
We didn't skulk after you through a snowstorm, now, did we?
The White Road
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Translations for skulk
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Skulk a través del tiempo
Skulk por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
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Estados Unidos de América
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