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Significados de strait en inglés

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Naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.

estrechos
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destret
español
impás

A bad or difficult situation or state of affairs.

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Examples for "isthmus"
Examples for "isthmus"
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The present and future continents north and south, with the isthmus between.
Leaves of Grass
2
The best end point has been demonstrated to be bidirectional isthmus block.
Pubmed
3
Mataiea is twenty-seven miles from Papeete, and well on toward the isthmus.
Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
4
He was right, and in a short time we reached the isthmus.
Twice Lost
5
A canal crosses the isthmus, so that the peninsula becomes an island.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
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catalán
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estrecho

A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water.

estrecho

Strait.

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Uso de strait en inglés
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About 17 million barrels of oil a day pass through the strait.
Reuters
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This monstrous suspension bridge spans the Bosphorus strait connecting Europe to Asia.
The Irish Times
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This is the broad outline of the situation across the Taiwan strait.
The Guardian
4
In a well-ordered society he'd be in a strait jacket right now.
White Hunter, Black Heart
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The man was in a strait which could end only in anger.
A Knight of the Nets
6
The Sunda is the strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java.
History of the Philippine Islands
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I was the first to consider the possibility of bridging the strait.
Out of the Primitive
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To-day there was much ice both in the strait and at sea.
Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ung...
9
But even in that desperate strait the allies turned fiercely to bay.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
10
We have passed some very large floes evidently frozen in the strait.
Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
11
From the top, the remainder of the strait could be easily distinguished.
After London; Or, Wild England
12
I brought you to this strait-theremedy is in your own hands.
Princess Maritza
13
The enemy has evidently assumed defensive measures along the strait of Niagara.
The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. / Intersper...
14
The setting sun drew itself a crimson path across the widening strait.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
15
Apply to me at any time when you are in a strait.
Making His Way; Or, Frank Courtney's Struggle Upward
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From the strait they might turn their course to Salonica once more.
Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel
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Strait a través del tiempo
Strait por variante geográfica
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