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flies

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flies  (flz)
v.
Third person singular present tense of fly1.
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Noun1.flies - (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays
space - an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
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flies
pl (Brit: on trousers) → (Hosen)schlitz m


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Breakfast, for the first five minutes, was a silent meal; then Miss Polly, her disapproving eyes following the airy wings of two flies darting here and there over the table, said sternly:
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
However, she was not dead, but had only fallen into a deep sleep; and the king and the queen, who had just come home, and all their court, fell asleep too; and the horses slept in the stables, and the dogs in the court, the pigeons on the house-top, and the very flies slept upon the walls.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
Flee, my friend, into thy solitude: I see thee stung all over by the poisonous flies.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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