lift
/lɪft/ sustantivo B1En español: ascensor, elevador, sustentación aérea, sustentamiento aerodinámico
- An act of lifting or raising.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. · He gave me a lift to the bus station.
- A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them.
- An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft.
- Any technique for lifting weights.
- The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- A thief.
- The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
Plural lifts
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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Dantès seized the handles, and strove to lift the coffer; it was impossible.
Marilla had something to tell Anne, but she did not tell it just then for she knew if she did Anne’s consequent excitement would lift her clear out of the region of such material matters as appetite or dinner.
They stood a little aloof while he was talking to their niece, who, astonished and confused, scarcely dared lift her eyes to his face, and knew not what answer she returned to his civil inquiries after her family.
While she spoke, an involuntary glance showed her Darcy with a heightened complexion, earnestly looking at her, and his sister overcome with confusion, and unable to lift up her eyes.
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