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Significados de defensive attitude em inglês

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actitud defensiva

An attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

actitud defensiva
Uso de defensive attitude em inglês
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The monster flapped its wings and startled him into a defensive attitude.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
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The firm defensive attitude of the people of Lawrence had produced its effect.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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The protectress appeared-possiblyfrom her defensive attitude-thesuperior of her companion.
A Sappho of Green Springs
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After its surrender they fell back and resumed a defensive attitude.
Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
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So crude a distribution would have meant a purely defensive attitude.
Some Principles of Maritime Strategy
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While this was going on, I had resumed my defensive attitude.
Frank Mildmay; Or, The Naval Officer
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He came out and stood beside them in a sort of alert defensive attitude.
The Ivory Trail
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Cocking their rifles and putting themselves in a defensive attitude, they prepare for battle.
Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
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Instead a narrow, conservative and highly defensive attitude was adopted.
The Irish Times
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Her brother, motionless in a defensive attitude, protected her retreat.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
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What it does involve in both cases is a defensive attitude; a vigilance on the frontiers.
The New Jerusalem
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The more he thought of it the warmer became his defensive attitude toward the unknown Alice.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
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He maintained a strictly defensive attitude, and did not cross the bounds of the Roman province.
The History of Rome, Book IV / The Revolution
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He did not even trouble to place himself in a better defensive attitude against possible attack.
The Leopard Woman
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At the same time, the defensive attitude adopted at the beginning of the Somme campaign was repudiated.
Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air
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Keep the soul in a defensive attitude.
How to Live a Holy Life
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Translations for defensive attitude
Defensive attitude ao longo do tempo
Defensive attitude nas variantes da língua
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