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flood in

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Verb1.flood in - arrive in great numbers
arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
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? flood in
vi (people, sunshine) → hineinströmen; (water also) → hineinfließen; the letters just flooded in → wir/sie etc hatten eine Flut von Briefen


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Once their water pipes froze and burst; and when, in their ignorance, they thawed them out, they had a terrifying flood in their house.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Thoughts we cannot speak but only listen to flood in upon us, and standing in the stillness under earth's darkening dome, we feel that we are greater than our petty lives.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
For when they came to the banks of a rushing river that threatened to bar their way the little Queen kept steadily on, passing through the seeming flood in safety; and our travelers followed her without encountering a single drop of water.
The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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