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stalk

/stɔːk/ sustantivo C2

En español: acecho, acoso

  1. A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
  2. The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

Plural stalks

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“Come, my head’s free at last!” said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found: all she could see, when she looked down, was an immense length of neck, which seemed to rise like a stalk out of a sea of green leaves that lay far below her.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 35 · B2
He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 73 · B2
Each stalk served as a perch for a grasshopper, which regaled the passers-by through this Egyptian scene with its strident, monotonous note.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 277 · C1

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