harp
/hɑɹp/ verbo C2En español: insistir, machacar, tocar el arpa
- To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain. · Why do you harp on a single small mistake?· Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?
- To play on (a harp or similar instrument).
- To play (a tune) on the harp.
He/she/it harps · Pasado harped · Participio pasado harped · Forma en -ing harping
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- harp
- He/she/it
- harps
- Pasado
- harped
- Participio pasado
- harped
- Forma en -ing
- harping
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle.” “Forbear,” said the Miller to him, “harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.”
He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew’s-harp.
“Tell your sister I am delighted to hear of her improvement on the harp, and pray let her know that I am quite in raptures with her beautiful little design for a table, and I think it infinitely superior to Miss Grantley’s.”
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