straggle in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.straggle [Brit ˈstraɡ(ə)l, Am ˈstræɡəl] N (loose group)

II.straggle [Brit ˈstraɡ(ə)l, Am ˈstræɡəl] VB intr

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straggle off VB [Brit ˈstraɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈstræɡəl -]

straggle in VB [Brit ˈstraɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈstræɡəl -]

straggle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for straggle in the English»French Dictionary

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In 1919, it was described as a small and straggling hamlet.
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The huts, he wrote, are of a miserable order and straggled over a long continuous space.
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Energy straggling data are plotted as a function of depth in the material.
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By 1879 it was reported that the village had about six houses of straggling order and was supported principally by the timber trade.
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His troops, poorly trained and dispirited from the rapid changes of command, straggled into action on unfavorable terrain.
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The town and its gardens and orchards straggle some 10 km along the valley which has a mean breadth of scarcely 1 kilometre.
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At 4 am the convoy had been detected by aircraft, and by 9 am twenty-nine of the ships were back on station with four still straggling.
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Some documents attributed to the 7th century display a transitional hand with straggling and rather uncouth forms.
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Hence, there will be a small variation in the range, known as straggling.
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Soldiers had not been paid in months and many were dropping from illness and straggling.
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