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Значения термина portent на английском

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A sign of something about to happen.

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        A sign that is supposed to reveal whether the future will be favourable or not.

            Использование термина portent на английском
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            The Irish Times saw the event as a portent of better times:
            The Irish Times
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            Neither brother had expected a moment so fraught, so heady with portent.
            Forge of Darkness
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            The sun-star exhibited a golden halo of ice crystals, portent of change.
            Genellan: planetfall
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            It was nothing less than a portent of what was to come.
            The South African
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            On the other hand, to Thyrsis he was a portent of terror.
            Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
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            A second difference of even greater portent was the motif of gathering.
            Where the Trail Divides
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            All his inner being trembled at the portent of his next query.
            The Rainbow Trail
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            Almo's austere celibacy is a portent in our world and altogether marvellous.
            The Unwilling Vestal
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            John looked puzzled, not quite understanding the portent of this cryptic saying.
            The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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            Or she'll grow into a portent and a peril and a pest.
            Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 10, 1917
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            It was her Majesty's remedy for that new portent, the revolting daughter.
            King John of Jingalo: The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties
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            The Black Coach had been a death portent, warning of impending doom.
            A kiss of shadows
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            There was portent in it; things seemed to be closing in.
            The Pool in the Desert
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            The stillness grew in portent; the forest creatures moved more furtively.
            The Silent Places
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            Everyone believed in astrology; the comet of 1680 was regarded as a portent.
            The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History
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            The portent is fulfilled; the Heir of Cerdic is no more.
            Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 06
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