Maurice Ravel had a nice bike.
Source: tatoeba (458428)
Ravel
//ˈɹævəl//
Synonyms for "ravel" (234 found)
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7 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- разлагам verb (to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.) — see also clarify, disentangle)
- разпарям verb (to unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to pull out (a string of yard, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel — see also fray, unpick, unravel)
Greek
2 entries- εκτυλίσσω verb (to unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to pull out (a string of yard, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel — see also fray, unpick, unravel)
- ξεμπερδεύω verb (to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.) — see also clarify, disentangle)
Irish
1 entries- rois verb (to unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to pull out (a string of yard, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel — see also fray, unpick, unravel)
Russian
2 entries- распу́тывать verb (to unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to pull out (a string of yard, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel — see also fray, unpick, unravel)
- распуска́ть verb (to unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to pull out (a string of yard, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel — see also fray, unpick, unravel)
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"It's almost — I would not say a positive thing, but it's really helping in taming the more dangerous variants," Ravel said.
Source: tatoeba (10017824)
"We are in a race," Ravel said. "We're fighting this battle constantly, and we just can't put our guard down.”
Source: tatoeba (10017829)
For the faith of very many men seems a duty so weak and indifferent, is so often untwisted by violence, or ravelled and entangled in weak discourses, or so false and fallacious by its mixture of interest, that though men usually put most confidences in the pretences of faith, yet no pretences are most unreasonable.
Source: wiktionary
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