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chequered esp US, checkered [ˈtʃɛkəd] adj
marked by fluctuations of fortune (esp in the phrase a chequered career) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations chequered [ˈtʃɛkərd] (British) checkered (US) adj [career, history] → en dents de scie (= checked) [tablecloth] → à carreaux chequered flag chequered flag n (MOTOR RACING) → drapeau m à damier cheque stub (British) n → talon m chequered, (US) checkered chequered checkered (Am) [ˈtʃɛkəd] adj → a scacchi, a quadretti, a quadri (fig) → movimentato/a a chequered career → una carriera movimentata chequered checkered (Am) [ˈtʃɛkəd] adj → a scacchi, a quadretti, a quadri (fig) → movimentato/a a chequered career → una carriera movimentata How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Half the sky was chequered with black thunderheads, but all the west was luminous and clear: in the lightning flashes it looked like deep blue water, with the sheen of moonlight on it; and the mottled part of the sky was like marble pavement, like the quay of some splendid seacoast city, doomed to destruction. Obviously it was a vain hope in 187- to see the ladies of a royal household walk in chequered sunshine, with baskets of linen on their heads, to the banks of a clear stream overhung by the starry fronds of palm-trees. But in spite of the brilliant sunlight and the green fans of the trees waving in the soothing sea-breeze, the world was a confusion, blurred with drifting black and red phantasms, until I was out of earshot of the house in the chequered wall. |
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