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Translations helplessly [ˈhelplɪslɪ] ADV 1. (= powerlessly) [watch, stand by] → sin poder hacer nada; [struggle] → en vano; [shrug] → en un gesto de impotencia "I can't," he said helplessly → -no puedo -dijo con una expresión de impotencia 2. (= uncontrollably) [laugh, sob, sneeze] → sin poder contenerse helplessly [ˈhɛlplɪslɪ] adv (struggle, try) → in vano; (lie, remain) → senza potersi muovere; (say) → con fare impotente he watched helplessly as his parents were shot → guardava impotente mentre i genitori venivano fucilati to laugh helplessly → ridere senza potersi fermare helplessly [ˈhɛlplɪslɪ] adv (struggle, try) → in vano; (lie, remain) → senza potersi muovere; (say) → con fare impotente he watched helplessly as his parents were shot → guardava impotente mentre i genitori venivano fucilati to laugh helplessly → ridere senza potersi fermare 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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But now this head was swaying helplessly with the uneven movements of the bearers, and the cold listless gaze fixed itself upon nothing. They are rather helplessly frank, but not, I hope, with all their rather helpless frankness, offensively frank. The cabman looked helplessly about him with a bewildered, questioning gaze, as one to whom alone of all men this unheard-of and extraordinary thing had happened. |
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