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sprawl |
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sprawl Verb 1. to sit or lie with one's arms and legs spread out 2. to spread out untidily over a large area: the pulp mill sprawled over the narrow flats Noun the part of a city or town that has not been planned and spreads out untidily over a large area: the huge Los Angeles sprawl [Old English spreawlian] sprawling adj
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sprawl Translationsn urban sprawl → crecimiento urbano descontrolado; n urban sprawl → expansion urbaine; n urban sprawl → sviluppo urbanistico incontrollato; |
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Not long after he had learned to sprawl, Jerry had learned that. At night when the young king was sleeping, his wife was to draw the clothes off him and empty the bucket full of cold water with the gudgeons in it over him, so that the little fishes would sprawl about him. It was restful and satisfying to sprawl upon his rough pate and pour one's vague hopes and aspirations into the great ears which flapped ponderously to and fro in apparent understanding. |
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