Translations for „desperately“ in the Portuguese » English Dictionary

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perdidamente

desperately

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English

He starts desperately knocking on the dooronly to wake up on a park bench pounded by a constable's club.

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In addition to camps for training soldiers, factories were needed desperately to produce ammunition to help the war effort.

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During the next few days, that fear, that thought, inveigled its way into my desperately tired brain, over and over again.

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He is one of those rare role models which the profession desperately needs.

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He desperately tries to clean up the mess, only to drench papers and binders in chili while spreading the food all over the carpet.

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Permanently conscious of their fatness, and ashamed by it, they desperately want to blend in.

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I desperately need a tight end now that so-and-so is hurt.

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The ensuing heavy winds prevented her from maintaining a fire to keep warm after desperately finding a temporary shelter.

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Then again, maybe you're just like everyone else, desperately looking for an excuse to skive off work and twirl around on your desk chair.

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The grand spectacle pictures were very popular during the war years, when people desperately wanted escapist entertainment.

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