chin
/ˈt͡ʃɪn/ sustantivo A2En español: barbilla, mentón, pera
- The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth. · What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?
- Talk.
- The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
- The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose. · To paint chins of aircraft
- The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen. · The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.
Plural chins
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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“And now which is which?” she said to herself, and nibbled a little of the right-hand bit to try the effect: the next moment she felt a violent blow underneath her chin: it had struck her foot!
Her chin was pressed so closely against her foot, that there was hardly room to open her mouth; but she did it at last, and managed to swallow a morsel of the lefthand bit.
Alice did not much like keeping so close to her: first, because the Duchess was _very_ ugly; and secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice’s shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin.
It means much the same thing,” said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alice’s shoulder as she added, “and the moral of _that_ is—‘Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.’”
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