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Перевод: squally
[прилагательное] бурный; бушующий; порывистый; шквалистый
Тезаурус:
- Willow warblers sang meandering cadences from the trees and a vehement sedge warbler vocalised from a reed bed, letting us know that once again they had safely survived the perilous crossing of arid desert and squally sea.
- Foul weather with squally winds put paid to an immediate start on the building so it was several months before the engine strip-down could begin under the new roof.
- I phone Andy and confirm it's still all right to visit, then I ring Eddie and get the next three days off, tell the cops - they're based at Fettes, though the DI has gone back down to London, and no they're still not giving me back my new portable yet - and (after I've cleaned the car up a bit) head out of the city and across the grey bridge in a day of squally, buffeting rain that has the bridge's 40-limit signs on, high-sided vehicles banned and the 205 dancing its Dunlops sideways as the gusts hit.
- But landing safely in torrential rain, with a squally and unpredictable wind, can only be a matter of luck for the most skilled pilot.
- He stood back in the street, the rain stinging his eyes, wetting him to the skin, getting in his mouth and eyes; warm rain, huge hard drops, slicking and sticking the clothes to his body; erotic, making his heart beat faster in a sudden, squally sexual fantasy; she would invite him in no, better yet, she would turn up in the street, having been out, also wet to the skin, she would look at him they would go in
- AT Abberton Reservoir on May 9 to cover the final wildfowl count of the 1992/3 season, conditions were still distinctly wintry with a strong and chilling north-easterly wind and squally showers of rain.
- A flash of lightning and a peel of thunder heralded torrential rain and a squally wind.
- Mr Visse's squally tone, like a Parisian street urchin's, is perfect for his Renaissance songs, some with frankly obscene texts (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901271 and HMA 1901174).
- The first half of "A History: Vol 1" catches them in their annoying squally phase with vocal coaching by Peter Blegvad.
- Another squally young French counter-tenor, Grard Lesne, often appears in works by Purcell and Handel but with unfortunate overtones of Ethel Merman belting out a razzmatazz show tune.
- Otherwise, if the wind is squally it may end up with the wrong wing down in a fierce cross wind.
- When conditions are very squally it is better to have the wings held level, with as much weight on the nose as possible.
- What a view, the squally shower had cleared and the whole of the dale was shot across with beams of sun from behind a strange thunderous purple cloud.
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