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Значения термина whim на английском

португальский
caprichoso
испанский
noción

An odd or fanciful or capricious idea.

caprichoso
португальский
desejo
каталонский
caprici
испанский
impulso

A sudden desire.

desejo

Mining device.

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Examples for "windlass"
Examples for "windlass"
1
We all heaved at the windlass; still the obstinate anchor held fast.
Hudson Bay
2
I ordered the windlass manned, the sails loosed, and the topsails set.
The Shadow Line: A Confession
3
With the aid of a windlass the roll was raised or lowered.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
4
One of the three Apache guards hitched his pony to the windlass.
Bloom of Cactus
5
Convinced against his will, Lennon began to wind in on the windlass.
Bloom of Cactus
Использование термина whim на английском
1
His choice of the Netherlands, however, was not taken on a whim.
The Guardian
2
Government controlled economic activity became an unemployment mop, activated on ministerial whim.
The Irish Times
3
Money could no longer be printed at will or on a whim.
The Guardian
4
Ideally he did; but it was just a fleeting expression or whim.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
5
The idle whim of a sardonic old man; nothing more than that.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
6
The whole place proclaimed itself to be the whim of a despot.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
7
To Christophe the remark was nothing but the whim of a moment.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
8
This was no mere passing whim on the part of the emperor.
Legends of the Rhine
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I don't like the idea of things being changed by a whim.
Midnight at the well of souls
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This tobacco had been a whim of mine in more prosperous times.
Ask the Dust
11
Then a whim seized her, and she sat up, grave and eager.
The History of David Grieve
12
I traveled the world to follow my interests on the slightest whim.
I shot you babe
13
He will be wealthy, and in a position to gratify any whim.
The Upton Letters
14
Lots of people have discovered their hidden gifts by following a whim.
The Irish Times
15
It was reopened on a Tudor whim; it closes on Cromwell's command.
The King’s Curse
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He rushed to the whim-room, but found the boy still sleeping soundly.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
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каталонский
capricirampellcapritx
Whim через время
Whim в диалектах
Великобритания
Частое
Ирландия
Частое
Соединенные Штаты Америки
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