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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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weep adverbs openly • Some of the mourners wept openly. bitterly (= crying hard ) • I heard the sound of a woman weeping bitterly. quietly/silently • He was weeping quietly, allowing the tears to run down his cheeks. nouns weep tears • She wept bitter tears of self-reproach. weep buckets informal (= produce a lot of tears ) • I didn’t know if she would get well, and I wept buckets every night. phrases break down and weep (= start crying ) • As she watched his plane taxi away, she broke down and wept. weep and wail (= cry and make loud sad noises – often used humorously ) • The baby wept and wailed all the way through the ceremony.
transnet.ir
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verb ADV. copiously | loudly | quietly, silently | openly, unashamedly The people wept openly when his death was announced. | bitterly | inconsolably, uncontrollably His grandmother was weeping uncontrollably. | almost | a little VERB + WEEP begin to, start to | want to | make sb PREP. at He wanted to weep at the unfairness of it all. | for I felt I could have wept for joy. weeping for someone who has died | over We had wept over the death of our parents. | with She almost wept with happiness. PHRASES break down and weep Several of the soldiers broke down and wept. | weep and wail The mourners followed the funeral procession, weeping and wailing. | weep buckets (informal) (= weep a lot)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb cry: She began to weep at the bad news.
Simple Definitions