fence
/fɛns/ sustantivo A2En español: perista, reducidor, cerca, cerramiento
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- The place whence such a middleman operates.
- Skill in oral debate.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- A prohibition enacted to prevent violation of another more primary rule.
- A memory barrier.
Plural fences
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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Outside, beyond the low, white fence, a wagonette with a pair of cobs was waiting.
Josie’s triumph being rather more pronounced than good taste permitted, Anne Shirley dared her to walk along the top of the board fence which bounded the garden to the east.
Now, to “walk” board fences requires more skill and steadiness of head and heel than one might suppose who has never tried it.
But Josie Pye, if deficient in some qualities that make for popularity, had at least a natural and inborn gift, duly cultivated, for walking board fences.
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