orphan
/ˈɔɹfən/ adjetivo C2En español: expósito, guácharo, huérfano, guacho
- Deprived of parents (also orphaned). · She is an orphan child.
- Remaining after the removal of some form of support. · With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her, Aunt Em had been so startled by the child’s laughter that she would scream and press her hand upon her heart whenever Dorothy’s merry voice reached her ears; and she still looked at the little girl with wonder that she could find anything to laugh at.
We’re getting a little boy from an orphan asylum in Nova Scotia and he’s coming on the train tonight.”
“Yes, of course,” said Marilla, as if getting boys from orphan asylums in Nova Scotia were part of the usual spring work on any well-regulated Avonlea farm instead of being an unheard of innovation.
From an orphan asylum!
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