spite
/spaɪt/ verbo C2En español: enfadar
- To treat maliciously; to try to hurt or thwart. · She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
- To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
He/she/it spites · Pasado spited · Participio pasado spited · Forma en -ing spiting
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Fernand closed his eyes, a burning sensation passed across his brow, and he was compelled to support himself by the table to prevent his falling from his chair; but in spite of all his efforts, he could not refrain from uttering a deep groan, which, however, was lost amid the noisy felicitations of the company.
Every eye was turned towards the young man who, spite of the agitation he could not but feel, advanced with dignity, and said, in a firm voice:
I am aware he is a furious royalist; but, in spite of that, and of his being king’s attorney, he is a man like ourselves, and I fancy not a bad sort of one.”
In spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
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