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desperately Translations desperately [ˈdɛspərɪtlɪ] adv → desesperadamente (= very); terriblemente, gravemente; desperately ill → gravemente enfermo desperately [ˈdɛspərɪtlɪ] desperate adv (shout, struggle etc) → verzweifelt; (ill) → schwer; (unhappy etc) → äußerst 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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| "Yes," assented a Miserable Sinner, as he finished reading the articles, "the Heathens of Ying Shing are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Long before she emerged I understood it all, I think even as the door rang and closed on her; why the timid soul had sought a street where she was unknown, why she crept so many times past that abhorred shop before desperately venturing in, why she looked so often at the watch she might never see again. Two of them, Le Roy and Ross, after fighting desperately, were captured by the savages; the remaining two vaulted into their saddles and saved themselves by headlong flight, being pursued for nearly thirty miles. |
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