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Значения термина wear away на английском

каталонский
desgastar-se

Become ground down or deteriorate.

desgastar-se
португальский
desgastar
испанский
desgastar

Diminish, as by friction.

desgastar

Cut away in small pieces.

Синонимы
Examples for "whittle away"
Examples for "whittle away"
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I whittle away the rough barks of words as I go.
The Irish Times
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I daresay I'd be wiser not to whittle away my copy.
Of Human Bondage
3
Henein's barrage of questions sought to whittle away at my allegations by undermining my credibility.
The Guardian
4
We stipulate to the things we can't fight, and we whittle away at everything else.
Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
5
He tried to temporize, to whittle away her fears.
Number Seventeen
1
The spaceflight experience however, will definitely whittle down the pool of applicants.
Wired
2
For Mac users, there are several ways to whittle down your tracks.
Wired
3
You can whittle down your ambitions later to match your bank account.
Reuters
4
Before we do that, I want to whittle down their shipboard defenses.
War Of Honor
5
Viewers will whittle down the group over the course of the eight-week competition.
Reuters
Использование термина wear away на английском
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I wear away the time, thinking constantly of him and only him.
Twenty-Two Goblins
2
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
4
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
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But even the effects of unholy snacks wear away at length.
The Story Girl
7
He went on: It will wear away as we know each other better.
The Price She Paid
8
The year will wear away at this rate, and nothing done.
A Book of English Prose / Part II, Arranged for Secondary and Hi...
9
But protesters have managed to gradually wear away at the defenses.
Reuters
10
Time will wear away the hallucination, if you women only hold your tongues.
Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel
11
The bacteria slowly wear away the tissue in infected organs, usually the lungs.
The South African
12
Their aim is, to bring soul-vision, and to wear away hindrances.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man
13
Nataly spied at Dudley's behaviour, and said: 'That will wear away.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4
14
The sun began to climb and the icy edge of dawn to wear away.
Desert Gold
15
The hours would wear away somehow, and meantime-Sidneywas resting.
As It Was in the Beginning
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A very little dropping will wear away rock, if it only keep at it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 / A Mag...
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Translations for wear away
португальский
desgastar
испанский
desgastargastar
Wear away через время
Wear away в диалектах
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