catch
/kæt͡ʃ/ sustantivo A1En español: atrapada, ampay, percatación, percepción
- The act of seizing or capturing. · The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.
- The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball. · The player made an impressive catch.· Nice catch!
- The act of noticing, understanding or hearing. · Good catch. I never would have remembered that.
- The game of catching a ball. · The kids love to play catch.
- Something which is captured or caught. · The fishermen took pictures of their catch.· The catch amounted to five tons of swordfish.
- A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse. · Did you see his latest catch?· He's a good catch.
- A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening. · She installed a sturdy catch to keep her cabinets closed tight.
- A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion. · There was a catch in his voice when he spoke his father's name.
Plural catches
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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A Cat, discovering this, made her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one.
The Lion was unable after a long chase to catch the Hart, and returned to feed upon the Hare.
A FOWLER, taking his bird-lime and his twigs, went out to catch birds.
Perceiving them to be very heavy, they danced about for joy and supposed that they had taken a large catch.
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