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Verb

roll down - gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

come down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

Translations

srotolare

w>roll down

vi (ball, person, tears) → hinunterrollen or -kugeln (inf)

vt sep cart → hinunterrollen; window → herunterlassen

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There were days when my heart was volcanic As the scoriac rivers that roll -- As the lavas that restlessly roll Their sulphurous currents down Yaanek, In the ultimate climes of the Pole -- That groan as they roll down Mount Yaanek In the realms of the Boreal Pole.

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She is beginning to cry: her heart has swelled so, the tears stand in her eyes; she gives one great sob, while the corners of her mouth quiver, and the tears roll down.

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Loose stones were beginning to roll down, accompanied by patches of earth loosened by the water.

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Presently we saw two big tears roll down over her cheeks.

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But, most worryingly, one car at the top of Constitution Hill had its window broken and its handbrake released, according to residents, causing it to roll down the hill.

Vandals hit parked cars

Separately, 14.4K Nov 255 - 260 put spreads trade 92c and seems closing, or a roll down of long puts after recent weakness in the S&P.

Heavy trading in SPDR 500 Trust puts

'If I didn't run away and roll down the hills, I know I would be killed, too,' he added.

2 survive Cebu executions

Roll down a big hill (unless you are allergic to grass pollen of course) I made the mistake of showing my toddler how much fun rolling down a hill was.

Getting messy and having fun

The car, which had been left parked, started to roll down the hill as a fire engine arrived at the scene.

Burning car rolls down hill

After the flare was fired, crowds clapped for exactly 62 seconds - the length of time it took for the liner to roll down the slipway in 1911.

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