inch
/ɪnt͡ʃ/ verbe B2En français : avancer peu à peu
- To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction). · Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
He/she/it inches · Prétérit inched · Participe passé inched · Forme en -ing inching
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- inch
- He/she/it
- inches
- Prétérit
- inched
- Participe passé
- inched
- Forme en -ing
- inching
Verbes à particule et expressions
- inch along To move slowly or to make progress gradually, bit by bit.
- inch away To begin to change one's position on a topic; to subtly d...
- inch back To move something backward by a very small amount, often ...
- inch forward To move forward in a very slow, cautious, and careful way.
- inch up To move or increase by small increments, typically slowly...
Dans la bibliothèque
The candle, which was a new one, is not burned more than half an inch.
There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.
The recurring words, “water pressure” and “pressure to the square inch” suggested some possible relation to a submarine.
I’m an inch taller than Diana, but she is ever so much fatter; she says she’d like to be thin because it’s so much more graceful, but I’m afraid she only said it to soothe my feelings.
Autres résultats
- inch pouce, poil A2
- inch insulter, vanner C2
- inch arrogant, effronté C2
- inch along To move slowly or to make progress gradually, b...
- inch away To begin to change one's position on a topic
- inch back To move something backward by a very small amou...
- inch forward To move forward in a very slow, cautious, and c...
- inch up To move or increase by small increments, typica...
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