fall
/fɔl/ interjection C2- The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- fall about To laugh so much that one's entire body moves somewhat un...
- fall apart To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- fall around To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness,...
- fall away To cease to support a person or cause.
- fall back Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, ...
- fall by To visit unexpectedly; to arrive for a visit without an i...
- fall down To fall to the ground. To collapse.
- fall in To collapse inwards.
- fall into To go into something by falling.
- fall off To become detached or to drop from.
- fall on To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
- fall out To come out of something by falling.
From the library
We will bring the little girl with us, but if you should fall asleep you are too big to be carried.”
If the Tin Woodman can chop it down, so that it will fall to the other side, we can walk across it easily.”
Then the Queen hurriedly gave her people the order to start, for she feared if the mice stayed among the poppies too long they also would fall asleep.
At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand’s look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
Other matches
- fall To move to a lower position under the effect of... A2
- fall The chasing of a hunted whale. B1
- fall The act of moving to a lower position under the... C2
- fall about To laugh so much that one's entire body moves s...
- fall apart To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
- fall around To fall over continually, especially through dr...
- fall away To cease to support a person or cause.
- fall back Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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