Le mot anglais avancé du jour

Définitions

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lurch
1. n. Embardée, mouvement soudain.
2. v. Faire une embardée.
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lurch
1. n. A sudden or unsteady movement.
the lurch of a ship, or of a drunkard
2. v. To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
3. v. (obsolete) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
4. n. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
5. n. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his/her adversary has been left in the lurch.
6. v. (obsolete, transitive) To leave someone in the lurch; to cheat.
7. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To rob.
8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To evade by stooping; to lurk.

Prononciation

Exemples de phrases

I'm not going to leave you in the lurch.  Another downward lurch in equities would make deflation even more likely.  Nor do I search the church of lurch besmirched!

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