plunge
/plʌnd͡ʒ/ verbo C1En español: sumergir, zambullir, zabullir, precipitar
- To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse. · to plunge the body into water
- To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action. · to plunge a dagger into the breast· He flicked a switch and the room was plunged into darkness.
- To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself. · he plunged into the river
- To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition. · to plunge into debt· to plunge into controversy
- To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
- To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
He/she/it plunges · Pasado plunged · Participio pasado plunged · Forma en -ing plunging
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Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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One thought in particular tormented him: namely, that during his journey hither he had sat so still, whereas he might, a dozen times, have plunged into the sea, and, thanks to his powers of swimming, for which he was famous, have gained the shore, concealed himself until the arrival of a Genoese or Spanish vessel, escaped to Spain or Italy, where Mercédès and his father could have joined him.
The magistrate laid emphasis on these words, as if he wished to apply them to the owner himself, while his eyes seemed to plunge into the heart of one who, interceding for another, had himself need of indulgence.
I had imagined that Sherlock Holmes would at once have hurried into the house and plunged into a study of the mystery.
“I have it,” I cried, and plunged among the litter of papers upon the sofa.
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