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Meanings of alight (alighting) in английском

португальский
desembarcar
каталонский
posar

To come to rest, settle.

        desembarcar
        португальский
        descer

        Come down.

              descer

              Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.

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                        Usage of alighting in английском
                        1
                        They rejoiced in the uncovenanted beatitude of sweetness alighting in their hearts.
                        The Rhythm of Life, and Other Essays
                        2
                        In the West the Setting Sun is just alighting, with folding wings.
                        The Jewel City
                        3
                        Getting there: The adventurous should go by train, alighting at Dalebrook station.
                        The Guardian
                        4
                        The senator drove into the yard, where he pulled up without alighting.
                        Jerusalem
                        5
                        White doves were entering at the window and alighting on her hands.
                        Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
                        6
                        There were few passengers alighting from the south bound train from Canada.
                        Wild Wings: A Romance of Youth
                        7
                        Nothing of this mood was, however, apparent in his manner on alighting.
                        The Lone Wolf: A Melodrama
                        8
                        She instantly took a veil and covered herself, alighting from the camel.
                        Female Scripture Biography, Volume I
                        9
                        Fill your bottle without alighting, and then return with the same speed.
                        Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
                        10
                        They held each other's hand and jumped, alighting safely in the roadway.
                        Mother Goose in Prose
                        11
                        His feet touched earth and grass as softly as a thistledown alighting.
                        Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
                        12
                        Then, quickly alighting, he stepped cautiously toward the object of his scrutiny.
                        Leah Mordecai: A Novel
                        13
                        Changed horses without alighting and proceeded to Buntingford, where we changed again.
                        Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N...
                        14
                        And as for alighting and letting the storm blow over, that's impossible.
                        Darkness and Dawn
                        15
                        Freely as an alighting dove the bill fluttered to the Justice's table.
                        Whirligigs
                        16
                        Without alighting, he nodded casually to Alec, and then to his guest.
                        A Texas Ranger
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                        Translations for alighting
                        португальский
                        desembarcardesceracesopousar
                        каталонский
                        posarparar-seencimbellar-se
                        Alighting through the time
                        Alighting across language varieties
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