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Significados de quickening em inglês

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aceleração
catalão
acceleració

The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.

aceleração
Uso de quickening em inglês
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She crossed the road, quickening her pace as she approached the water.
The lovers
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They will be but the outstanding individuals in a very universal quickening.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
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His foot was throbbing dully now, keeping time with his quickening heartbeat.
Blue noon
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The man felt it in a stronger purpose and a quickening hope.
Cast Adrift
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Even in her mortal frailty she had a quickening of the heart.
The Path of the King
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Behind her came quickening footsteps and then a hand touched her back.
Heat Wave
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Over the speaker, he could hear Butler's pace quickening to a run.
Artemis Fowl
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So the two main effects expressed here are these: quickening and cleansing.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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He plunged into Trevelyan and the heart-quickening ups and downs of battle.
The Brimming Cup
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The trembling might well be a minuscule quickening of something to come.
After dark
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Eternities later, a quickening in her torture returned Nora to the world.
The hellfire club
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Janet, in the drawing-room, received him with hardly a quickening of pulse.
A Daughter of To-Day
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On the contrary, at first there came a considerable quickening of fervour.
Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments
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The first howls were taken up and echoed and with quickening repetitions.
My Antonia
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He looked for devotion in the glances, for trembling silence, quickening breaths.
Invisible Links
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Yea, all that is in Christ contributeth to this life and quickening.
Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life
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Translations for quickening
catalão
acceleració
Quickening ao longo do tempo
Quickening nas variantes da língua
Reino Unido
Comum
Estados Unidos da América
Comum