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Meanings of gnaw in английском

каталонский
desgastar-se

Become ground down or deteriorate.

desgastar-se
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Examples for "erode"
Examples for "erode"
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New technologies should help it continue to erode cash transactions, it said.
Reuters
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The delay means the crisis threatens to further erode support for Turnbull.
Reuters
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The risk, he said, came from mergers and acquisitions that erode value.
Reuters
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The risk, he said, comes from mergers and acquisitions that erode value.
Reuters
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Mining firms have rejected the law, saying it would erode investor confidence.
Reuters
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That moment would gnaw at him for as long as he lived.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
2
Why did the gentle words of this saint gnaw at her so?
Beneath a southern sky
3
I stared at them as an emptiness started to gnaw at me.
Petals from the sky
4
But doubts began to gnaw at the Wyoming man's confidence in him.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
5
And the failure of the work networks continued to gnaw at him.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
1
Read: What is the healthiest thing to eat at KFC South Africa?
The South African
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Read: What is the healthiest thing to eat at Steers South Africa?
The South African
3
I would eat at a khan again before I forget the custom.
The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
4
The seven children she supports eat at most one meal a day.
Reuters
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If you let it eat at you, confidence just evaporates, he says.
The Irish Times
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I wear away the time, thinking constantly of him and only him.
Twenty-Two Goblins
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After he comes in contact with other boys, this will wear away.
The Boy and the Sunday School / A Manual of Principle and Method...
3
That night passed: all nights-eventhe starless night before dissolution-mustwear away.
Villette
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Why, the mill-stones wear away with rot more than with grinding corn.
Fruitfulness
5
I hoped that the idea would wear away but it didn't; it strengthened.
Up the Hill and Over
Usage of gnaw in английском
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At the horizon right and left monstrously beautiful mountains gnaw the sky.
The Einstein Intersection
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I chewed over the words, but I couldn't gnaw them into sense.
The Einstein Intersection
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That moment would gnaw at him for as long as he lived.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
4
Feet-in-the-Ashes put his fingers in his mouth and commenced to gnaw them.
The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said
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And so hunger began to gnaw while the ship was still burning.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
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Why did the gentle words of this saint gnaw at her so?
Beneath a southern sky
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She went back again, and once more began to gnaw the oak.
Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
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Nor can I gnaw away the boards, as I have no teeth.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
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Celeste scrambled over and, sitting on Lafayette's left foot, began to gnaw.
A nest for celeste: a story about art, inspiration, and the mean...
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I stared at them as an emptiness started to gnaw at me.
Petals from the sky
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But doubts began to gnaw at the Wyoming man's confidence in him.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
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Then the poor rabbit, unable to gnaw its food, dies of starvation.
Friends and Helpers
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There was not the faintest sound of gnaw, or scratch, or squeak.
Dracula's Guest
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And the failure of the work networks continued to gnaw at him.
The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
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I had to gnaw my lip to keep from rolling my eyes.
Mysterious Skin
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Sharpening their teeth on their wristbones, eager to gnaw into her skull.
Mine
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