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Meanings of hale in inglês

português
obrigar
espanhol
forzar

To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

obrigar
português
puxar
catalão
estirar
espanhol
carretear

To draw slowly or heavily.

puxar
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Examples for "drag"
Examples for "drag"
1
Industry will probably be less of a drag this year, Lozano said.
Reuters
2
Such requirements can drag out rule proposals for months, or even years.
Reuters
3
They drag the river for days but of course nothing comes up.
Burning bright
4
Those in the bows leant over to drag in the young lord.
The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean
5
Here's another real world example: the drag-and-drop Ajax interface in Yahoo Sports.
Wired
1
She is sitting outside in the cart; I cannot bring her in.
The Yellow Fairy Book
2
The fact that they'd come by cart gave him hope of others.
Hidden Warrior
3
Orun was threatening to bring him home by cart, if need be.
Hidden Warrior
4
A cart was awaiting the victims in the court-yard of the prison.
Which? Or, Between Two Women
5
Kashyap was able to duck under his food cart just in time.
Reuters
1
Now what it really needs is new owners for the long haul.
The Irish Times
2
They also forecast weakness in long-haul and corporate travel demand in Europe.
Reuters
3
Aer Lingus scraped fuel surcharges on its long haul services last week.
The Irish Times
4
That represented the largest criminal haul in the history of the State.
The Irish Times
5
Compared with a year earlier, short haul passengers were up only marginally.
The Irish Times
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nathan hale
espanhol
nathan hale

A soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

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nathan hale

Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.

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Usage of hale in inglês
1
I must have the gentlemen to hale and draw with the mariners.
The Junior Classics, Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism
2
Both of us are hale fellows; let us henceforth be travelling companions.
Second Book of Tales
3
Say but the word, and I shall hale him to your feet.
The President: A Novel
4
On his ninetieth birthday the hale veteran sent my wife his photograph.
Recollections of a Long Life: An Autobiography
5
The holy father was very old, but he was hale and active.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
6
But the aged inmate, though wrinkled as well, looked neat and hale.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
7
The team may not be hale and hearty but there's a pulse.
The Irish Times
8
He was hale and hearty, though more than eighty years of age.
Winning His Way
9
To Cowperwood she seemed to float, so hale and graceful was she.
The Titan
10
He was stout and hale, with a ruddy, always smoothly shaven face.
Roads of Destiny
11
Old Parslow turned up on Sunday, just eighty, but still fairly hale.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
12
To the sheets of hail rain, Kilbane gave a hale high head.
The Irish Times
13
Frank's grandfather has silver hair, but is still hale, erect, and strong.
Dream Life: A Fable of the Seasons
14
Thorbeorn kept hale and hearty throughout; and Gudrid took no harm.
Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
15
Millard Fillmore, hale and hearty in personal appearance, represented his home at Buffalo.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
16
The hale pauper is far better off than the invalid Duke.
The Golden Censer / Or, the duties of to-day, the hopes of the f...
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