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Significados de by inches em inglês
Sinônimos
Examples for "little by little"
Examples for "little by little"
1
He had it brought little by little carefully packed in sealed cases.
2
The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
3
Proofs of the imposture were little by little discovered by the critics.
4
The gas would burn quietly, and we should descend little by little.
5
Then, little by little, the facts began to clarify in his mind.
1
People jockeying for position, nudging their way across the flow, pressing forward or backward by small degrees.
2
Mr, Peabody worked his way up by small degrees, from a clerk in America to a banker in London.
3
He had begun by small degrees, just taking a nip now and then, till he had become-andthat very rapidly- aharddrinker.
4
Translate: "and understand to what end the New Comedy was adopted, which by small degrees degenerated into a mere show of skill in mimicry."
5
By small degrees it gathered pace.
Uso de by inches em inglês
1
It gets into the soul; it is stagnation; you die by inches.
2
Given that races are often won by inches, crabs are a no-no.
3
He had got the door open by inches, but not far enough.
4
Better be poisoned at once than die by inches in this way.
5
It missed us by inches, but we got out of the way.
6
His rocket fired anyway, missing me by inches, exploding several feet away.
7
We have heard of dying by inches: this is living by inches.
8
At Greenock one measures the rainfall not by inches, but by yards.
9
The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off.
10
It missed Complain by inches only, for he stood half behind it.
11
Rivaldo's blistering effort beats the wall and clears the bar by inches.
12
After all one may as well be drowned as die by inches.
13
If so, you shall never have it, though we burn by inches.
14
She was taller than Haven by inches, and broader through the shoulders.
15
Instinctively, he leapt back and the metal pipe missed him by inches.
16
He dug patiently, steadily, hour after hour, enlarging the hole by inches.