For example, a commercial sequence might intersperse pictures of a senator working in his office with shots of ordinary Americans happily working in various walks of life.
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Intersperse
//ˌɪntɚˈspɝs//
Synonyms for "intersperse" (8 found)
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39 translations across 12 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- բազմազանել verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
- շաղ տալ verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- ցրել verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- ցրիվ տալ verb (to mix two things irregularly)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разнообразявам verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
- разпръсвам verb (to insert something into other things)
Czech
1 entries- promíchat verb (to mix two things irregularly)
Finnish
4 entries- elävöittää verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
- lomittaa verb (to insert something into other things)
- sirotella verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- sirotella verb (to insert something into other things)
French
2 entries- entremêler verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- intercaler verb (to insert something into other things)
German
4 entries- abwechseln verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- auflockern verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
- daruntermischen verb (to insert something into other things)
- durchmischen verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
Greek
1 entries- διανθίζω με verb (to insert something into other things)
Portuguese
2 entries- intercalar verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- intercalar verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
Russian
4 entries- вкрапля́ть verb (to insert something into other things)
- перемежать verb (to insert something into other things)
- помещать verb (to insert something into other things)
- разбавля́ть verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- eadar-sgaoil verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- eadar-sgap verb (to mix two things irregularly)
Spanish
4 entries- entremeter verb (to insert something into other things)
- entremezclar verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- entreverar verb (to mix two things irregularly)
- interserir verb (to insert something into other things)
Swedish
2 entries- blanda in verb (to diversify by placing or inserting other things among something)
- spränga in verb (to mix two things irregularly)
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When writing, I intersperse details.
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Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.
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Review tasks are particularly useful to intersperse when students are experiencing considerable failure.
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