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Significados de idleness em inglês

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State of a person who does not do anything laborious.

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inatividade
catalão
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The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work.

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The quality of lacking substance or value.

Uso de idleness em inglês
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Laziness and idleness; evolution and revolution; poverty and misery; character and reputation.
The Measurement of Intelligence / An Explanation of and a Comple...
2
Claire's idleness is good for at least one thing, though: gathering information.
Wired
3
This general languor is the effect of general luxury, of general idleness.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 ...
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The husband lives in idleness, and has the care of the house.
The True Woman / A Series of Discourses, to Which Is Added Woman...
5
I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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There must be no more mismanagement; no more quarrelling; no more idleness.
Phineas Redux
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She amuses herself half in idleness with the intrigues of the court.
The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
8
Evidently he was standing at the window in idleness, perhaps in trouble.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
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Voluptuous fatigues of labor which render the mattresses of idleness so sweet.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
10
It checked the idleness of one, and the business of the other.
Sense and Sensibility
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This proceeds in part from idleness and in part from Castilian pride.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
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This attention originated in idleness for which I have a natural talent.
Victory: An Island Tale
13
Suppose love to be something she had outgrown; the idleness of girls.
Thyrza
14
Mrs. Branston passed the first day of her freedom in luxurious idleness.
Fenton's Quest
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The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.
Miscellanies
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Hoodlumism is born of idleness; it is useful energy gone to seed.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 / Little J...
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espanhol
ociosidad
Idleness ao longo do tempo
Idleness nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
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