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Meanings of heel in английском
Synonyms
Examples for "dog"
Examples for "dog"
1
The place was silent as the grave; not even a dog barked.
2
Parker refused to say whether the comments were racist or dog-whistle politics.
3
Outside the wind blew; far away in the distance a dog barked.
4
She opened it and found the tail of the little china dog.
5
The dog too went: the most noble-looking item in the beggarly assets.
1
Theo was a power hound; there could be no doubt about that.
2
Her news hound program alerted her to the situation developing in Edmonton.
3
Deborah leaned forward, looking like the eager young police hound she was.
4
And daily follows the hound through the fields and along the roads.
5
The gazelle heard the hound bark and darted off like the wind.
1
However, the precise protein-protein interaction between adiponectin and T-cad remains poorly characterized.
2
That cad of a freshman has succeeded in getting in here again.
3
The best word she could think of to describe him was cad.
4
You are a brick; I was a cad ever to doubt it.
5
So I had to behave like a little cad, or give in.
1
That man is a blackguard in the full acceptation of the word.
2
The tirade merely injures the cause which the blackguard intends to help.
3
Caesar was a laurel-crowned blackguard in his relations with the divine Cleopatra.
4
The voice I recognised as that of the blackguard standing before you.
5
The blackguard's already treated you like a... She doesn't say the word.
1
But we need not give the bounder the freedom of our homes.
2
I will not have you walk anywhere in company with that bounder--
3
I could have imagined Mr Ross saying, Mattie, you are a bounder.
4
Drake, ask this sentry, here, who in thunder that insolent bounder is.
5
A bit of a bounder, but no end of a good sort.
Usage of heel in английском
1
Knees, despite much design work, continue to be the Duplex-5's Achilles' heel.
2
I took an extra second, made sure my heel was really set.
3
His heel-dragging hasn't saved him from slipping out of this situation, however.
4
Our Achilles' heel is the ability to quickly develop software, Daum said.
5
She saluted, 'Very good, captain,' spun on a heel and marched off.
6
With an election coming shortly, it is the Coalition's potential Achilles' heel.
7
Advocates of a hard line say it will bring Tsipras to heel.
8
Swooping If you adjust your heel position, your hips want to follow.
9
The heel of the right one was worn down on the inside.
10
The girl viciously dug the heel of her shoe into the sod.
11
She turned quickly on her heel and was lost in the crowd.
12
He turned on his heel and resumed his seat in the cabin.
13
He turned on his heel and faced Locke angrily in the hall.
14
These are the main muscles in the leg responsible for heel hooking.
15
In that case some trace of the heel-print might still be found.
16
And without another word he had swung on his heel and left.
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Heel through the time
Heel across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
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