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Значения термина siesta на английском

A short period of sleep, especially one during the day time.

A short nap after lunch.

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Examples for "nap"
Examples for "nap"
1
I can believe it; I needed a nap after reading 40 pages.
The Guardian
2
However, this nap and the following ones were not influenced by endotoxin.
Pubmed
3
If it's a boulder problem, go take a nap in the forest.
Climbing Magazine
4
No, the longer Opals nap lasted, the better for everyone, especially her.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
5
He confronted Del that evening, after he had taken a long nap.
Shadowland
1
Why is getting a good kip such a neglected and guilty pleasure?
The Irish Times
2
I let him kip on my floor but he took my futon.
Number9Dream
3
And is their then chief bottle-washer Patrick Cosgrave still having a kip?
The Irish Times
4
They ate the whole jankx, and most of the kip as well.
The darkness before the dawn
5
Percy Clocklan, keeper of the kip who farted on this spot, R.I.P.
The ginger man
1
Mostly, I doze; it seems years since the bliss of actual sleep.
Anno Dracula
2
I could doze in a chair in the barroom for that matter.
Mischievous Maid Faynie
3
A few minutes later footsteps woke him out of a light doze.
Ghost Story
4
He dropped his eyelids in assent, and went off in a doze.
Wayside Courtships
5
In fact, she wanted to do nothing but doze by the fire.
Ruthless
1
If you want a good snooze watch the film version of Watchmen.
The Irish Times
2
Alarm lets you set multiple wake times and offers a snooze function.
Wired
3
Rather than calling the Garda, you snooze on until you arrive home.
The Irish Times
4
You see, I had quite a snooze up there in the air.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane; Or, Daring Adventures over the...
5
I cannot sleep in the mornings; I cannot snooze peacefully until midday.
The Girl on the Train
1
It usually comes when she is taking what she calls forty winks.
On the Firing Line
2
Later, maybe, when I've had my grog, I'll take my forty winks-
Lewis Rand
3
Run away, and think of me as enjoying my forty winks.
Aunt Judith: The Story of a Loving Life
4
Take forty winks, you poor child, it will freshen you up.
Nightfall
5
What the hell were you doing back there, catching forty winks?
The skin trade
Использование термина siesta на английском
1
By the way, there is good news for siesta or powernap lovers.
BBC
2
Background: Several studies have assessed the association between siesta and cardiovascular outcomes.
Pubmed
3
The whole population of the place was indulging in a noonday siesta.
She and Allan
4
We happened to reach it when the prisoners were having a siesta.
A Journey Through France in War Time
5
Sometimes I need to take my little siesta for about an hour.
Reuters
6
The Medina ranch was just showing signs of awakening after a siesta.
Starr, of the Desert
7
It is the land of siesta, of undreamed dreams, of brooding slumber.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
8
Yes, this point was just the place for luncheon and for siesta.
Further Adventures of Lad
9
After a short siesta-asmuch an institution in Paraguay as dinner itself-M.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
10
One of these figures was Benjy, and he was taking his siesta.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
11
After lunch Mr. Pulitzer always retired to his cabin for a siesta.
An Adventure with a Genius: Recollections of Joseph Pulitzer
12
Miss Lackland will be taking her siesta, and she'll think we are.
Adventure
13
This afternoon, during the hour of siesta, will you come with me?
Remember the Alamo
14
They indulged in the restful siesta during the heated term of the day.
The Light of the Western Stars
15
The habits of the siesta obtained in a modified form at the rancho.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
16
It was the hour of siesta, and they were alone in the sala.
Rezanov
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