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scuffle

/ˈskʌfəl/ verbe C2

En français : se bagarrer, se chamailler

  1. To fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters. (intransitive)
  2. To walk with a shuffling gait. (intransitive)
  3. To make a living with difficulty, getting by on a low income, to struggle financially. (slang)

He/she/it scuffles · Prétérit scuffled · Participe passé scuffled · Forme en -ing scuffling

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
scuffle
He/she/it
scuffles
Prétérit
scuffled
Participe passé
scuffled
Forme en -ing
scuffling

Dans la bibliothèque

All of a sudden Robbers rushed upon them from their hiding-places, and in the scuffle with their owners, wounded with a sword the Mule carrying the treasure, which they greedily seized while taking no notice of the grain.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 95 · B2
I heard oaths and the confused sounds of a scuffle.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 63 · B2
He dogs the fellow, he sees him enter a house, he waits outside for him, and in the scuffle he receives his own death-wound.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 85 · C1
There he was dogged by his confederate, who held Beppo responsible for the loss of the pearl, and he stabbed him in the scuffle which followed.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 96 · C1

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