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Meanings of foible in inglês
Usage of foible in inglês
1
Once more the company laughed at Sir Chichester's apology for his foible.
2
His love of dress is a mere foible, that may be excused.
3
Mrs. Vint had pricked his conscience, but she had wounded his foible.
4
The Doctor's little foible of curiosity had not escaped his observant eye.
5
José Medina saw nothing at all grotesque or ridiculous in this particular foible.
6
He concluded that it was a foible of the legal mind.
7
His crestfallen expression suggested his difficulty explaining this psychological foible in his team.
8
They are indulged in this foible-pardonableit may be-bytheir husbands and parents.
9
When engaged in mischief-hisbesetting foible-hiseyes shone like carbuncles with unholy light.
10
Vagueness was his foible, the relaxation of an intellect uncomfortably keen.
11
It is only my foible for making a thing look nice.
12
The cliff possesses an acoustic foible which I have never met anywhere else.
13
Rien ne révolte les grands d'un royaume comme un Gouvernoment foible et dérangé.
14
Winking was his foible, as puckering of the face was Coyne's.
15
Most people call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and not a vice.
16
Why, didn't you know that spiritualism was that poor man's foible?
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Foible through the time
Foible across language varieties
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