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Meanings of swell in inglês
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.
Synonyms
Examples for "gallant"
Examples for "gallant"
1
General Carey handles the pen well enough; not so his gallant brother-soldier.
2
But in Cesena the gallant Pedro Ramires lay in wait for them.
3
But they had their rivals in the gallant givers of the fete.
4
In distant Connecticut, gallant old General Putnam heard the news while plowing.
5
Many a gallant ship has found its grave in northern ice-clad waters.
1
Instead of our putting the dude in jail he may jug us.
2
If the answer is yes, then you know that dude is solid.
3
Had the dude left the horse alone all might have gone well.
4
From the savage who knew nothing to the dude who know less.
5
Everybody liked him, he was always happy, a good dude, you know?
1
Kate's father and Fiona's beau are outside waiting to take them home.
2
But that nice young man, he said you had a beau yourself.
3
Simplicity of arrangement is always the beau ideal of the mechanical engineer.
4
Bostwick met the proud old beau at the corner of the street.
5
He is the beau of the occasion, and she is the belle.
1
The sheik has finished his prayer in the silence of his chamber.
2
Who but the sheik could of right say to the caravan, Halt!
3
The sheik and the ulemas must be rescued, cost what it might.
4
When the Mahdists rode up the sheik rose and saluted their commander.
5
And, in fact, Phyllis gave a cool nod to her sheik friend.
1
He says he looks a fop in it, but he is wrong.
2
During this short dialogue, the ladies had gone on with the fop.
3
The fop ran behind a tree, to be safe from the fracas.
4
The fop of fields is no better than his brother of Broadway.
5
You think of nothing but eating, and drinking, and playing the fop.
1
American socialite-cum-reality-TV-star-cum-clotheshorse Olivia Butterfield Palermo's website is an exercise in fashion-fixated egomania.
2
It was less than Miller owned, and he was hardly a clotheshorse.
3
I need something to hang things on in front of the fire, a clotheshorse-comealong-
4
Being a clotheshorse was one of her worst vices.
5
Rather a clever ruse, that of the clotheshorse.
1
And it proved an irresistible lure to the fashion plate princess.
2
And let it go, for the sake of that blond-haired, deer-eyed, fashion plate-
3
What in the name of wonder, are you doing with a fashion plate?
4
She looks like a fashion plate lady standing on the top of Mont Blanc.
5
They said they thought you were a regular fashion plate.
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marejol Usage of swell in inglês
1
Real swell customer, great credit history, just a screwup down in records.
2
Therefore, the first commandment for technologists is: Design technologies to swell happiness.
3
The ship was still rolling heavily in the swell after the gale.
4
What surprised me, however, was the huge swell of support for Kick-Ass.
5
Squire must be thinking of that right now in this deeper swell.
6
Min had seen his fury swell near to bursting for far less.
7
The ice formed a natural break-water and damped the swell most effectually.
8
Leave room for it to swell; and let it boil three hours.
9
The ship lay quiet, rocking ever so lightly in the small swell.
10
The swell of the prairie concealed the black object from our view.
11
Across the links the sound of the sea came with a swell.
12
She was a swell little kid; all the old girls say so.
13
All the vessels are in sight, keeping off till the swell abates.
14
The source of the sudden swell of emotion is easy to identify.
15
She felt the great muscle in his arm swell and relax again.
16
His arms held her up, keeping her head above the sea swell.
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Translations for swell
espanhol
russo
Swell through the time
Swell across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
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