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groan, moanverb
an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
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groan, moanverb
indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
«The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets»; «The ancient door soughed when opened»
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groanverb
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groann. v
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:
It’s tax day and while many Americans are filing their taxes with a groan, taxpayers in the Badger State have reason to cheer. In Wisconsin, we have enacted more than $2 billion in tax cuts, giving our citizens much-needed relief, call us crazy Midwesterners but we think you know how to spend your money better than the government.
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J. R. R. Tolkien:
There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over… Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.
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William Blake:
My mother groan’d, my father wept Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping load, Like a friend hid in a cloud.
Translations for groan
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- تأوهArabic
- gemegarCatalan, Valencian
- sténatCzech
- stønneDanish
- ächzen, stöhnenGerman
- βογγητόGreek
- gemir, gemido, gruñirSpanish
- نالیدنPersian
- urina, uristaFinnish
- râlement, râle, grognement, grondement, râler, gronder, grognerFrench
- कराहनाHindi
- gemereItalian
- אֲנָקָהHebrew
- 呻くJapanese
- ناڵاندنKurdish
- gemoLatin
- ngū, wheo, wheowheoMāori
- zuchtenDutch
- stønneNorwegian
- gemegarOccitan
- jęczećPolish
- gemerPortuguese
- gemeRomanian
- стонать, стонRussian
- tunchiareSardinian
- stönaSwedish
- 呻吟Chinese
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1 definition
groan (Noun) — | An utterance expressing pain or disapproval |
1 definition
groan (Verb) — | Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure 1 example |
1. ex. «The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets» |
9 misspelling
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complaint, cry, dirge, elegy, grunt, en.synonym.one, lament, lamentation, moan, monody, supplication, bemoan, bewail, breathe, cry, gasp, en.synonym.one, hoot, keen, lament, moan, murmur, plaint, sigh, wail, whine.
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- grunt
- sigh
- sob
- whine
- cry
- gripe
- grouse
- grumble
- objection
- cry
- grumble
- murmur
- sigh
- bemoan
- gripe
- grouse
- keen
- lament
- mumble
- object
- whine
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How to use groan in a sentence
With a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON
Tom sat down as he said this, and, uttering a sort of groan, leaned his back against a tree.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
You must imagine this sound as something between a grunt and a groan, that the estimable lady gave vent to whenever put out.
ELSTER’S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO GROAN
- bellowing
- blubbering
- crying
- groan
- lament
- lamentation
- plaint
- sobbing
- wailing
- weeping
- bemoan
- bitch
- fuss
- gripe
- groan
- grumble
- protest
- whine
- accuse
- ascribe
- attack
- beef
- bellyache
- bemoan
- bewail
- bitch
- carp
- cavil
- charge
- contravene
- criticize
- defy
- demur
- denounce
- deplore
- deprecate
- differ
- disagree
- disapprove
- dissent
- expostulate
- find fault
- fret
- fuss
- gainsay
- grieve
- gripe
- groan
- grouse
- growl
- grumble
- impute
- indict
- kick up a fuss
- lament
- lay
- look askance
- make a fuss
- moan
- nag
- object
- oppose
- protest
- refute
- remonstrate
- repine
- reproach
- snivel
- sound off
- take exception to
- wail
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- accused
- ascribed
- attacked
- beefed
- bellyached
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- bitched
- carped
- cavilled
- charged
- contravened
- criticized
- defied
- demurred
- denounced
- deplored
- deprecated
- differed
- disagreed
- disapproved
- dissented
- expostulated
- found fault
- fretted
- fussed
- gainsaid
- grieved
- griped
- groaned
- groused
- growled
- grumbled
- imputed
- indicted
- kicked up a fuss
- lamented
- lay
- looked askance
- made a fuss
- moaned
- nagged
- objected
- opposed
- protested
- refuted
- remonstrated
- repined
- reproached
- snivelled
- sounded off
- took exception to
- wailed
- whimpered
- whined
- yammered
- chirr
- crepitate
- groan
- rasp
- scrape
- scratch
- screech
- sound
- squeak
- squeal
- bawled
- bemoaned
- bewailed
- blubbed
- blubbered
- boohooed
- broke down
- burst into tears
- caterwauled
- choked up
- complained
- cracked up
- deplored
- dissolved in tears
- fretted
- grieved
- groaned
- howled
- keened
- lamented
- let it all out
- let went
- mewled
- moaned
- mourned
- put on the weeps
- rang the blues
- regretted
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- sighed
- sniffed
- snivelled
- sobbed
- sorrowed
- squalled
- turned on waterworks
- wailed
- wept
- whimpered
- whined
- yammered
- yowled
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What is another word for groan?
603 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɡɹˈə͡ʊn], [ ɡɹˈəʊn], [ ɡ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_n]
Table of Contents
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adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- sound.
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n.
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•
- clap,
- applaud,
- gurgle,
- cluck.
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•
- babble,
- drone.
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•
- schlep,
- shoulder,
- bear,
- bring,
- carry,
- hump,
- lift,
- be burdened with something,
- haul,
- hold.
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•
- rant,
- grievance,
- protest,
- complaint,
- remonstrance,
- beef.
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•
- raise the roof,
- lodge,
- take something further,
- kick up a fuss/stink/argument.
• communication (noun)
- moan.
• cry (noun)
- yawp,
- trill,
- squall,
- hurrah,
- note,
- yoo hoo,
- hoot,
- bawling,
- gobble,
- whistle,
- moos,
- ruckus,
- uproar,
- pipe,
- meow,
- bark,
- nickers,
- motto,
- squawk,
- quack,
- hullabaloo,
- chatter,
- vociferation,
- roar,
- nicker,
- clamor,
- report,
- ejaculation,
- Whinnies,
- cackle,
- exclamation,
- caws,
- coo,
- whinny,
- expletive,
- bellow,
- outcry,
- song,
- meows,
- acclamation,
- bay,
- Mewling,
- moo,
- yoo-hoo,
- caw,
- clack.
• gripe (noun)
- infirmity,
- pain,
- ache,
- aching,
- affliction,
- illness,
- indisposition,
- pang,
- disorder,
- distress.
• groan (noun)
- sob,
- grouse,
- sough.
• howl (noun)
- out-crying,
- out crying,
- out-cried,
- outcrying,
- out cried.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- bellowings,
- pet peeve,
- Bayed,
- quested,
- yipped,
- pet aversion,
- Baying,
- outcried,
- weepings,
- plaint,
- yipping,
- plaints,
- gripe,
- personal vexation,
- questing,
- hateful object,
- lamentation,
- yip,
- Cryings.
• pet peeve (noun)
- personal vexations,
- hateful objects,
- pet-peeve,
- pet aversions.
• voice (noun)
- enunciation,
- articulation,
- speech,
- utterance,
- intonation,
- emission,
- pronunciation.
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n. & v.
• Other relevant words: (noun, verb)
- yips,
- howl,
- howling.
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v.
• complain (verb)
- oppose,
- disagree,
- attack,
- deprecate,
- disapprove,
- cavil,
- carp,
- defy,
- wail,
- yammer,
- accuse,
- growl,
- bitch,
- gainsay,
- fret,
- fuss,
- impute,
- differ,
- whimper,
- ascribe,
- reproach,
- criticize,
- nag,
- denounce,
- refute,
- contravene,
- bewail,
- charge,
- lay,
- demur,
- expostulate,
- dissent,
- deplore.
• creak (verb)
- scrape,
- crepitate,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- scratch,
- rasp,
- screech.
• cry (verb)
- cheer,
- bawl,
- scream,
- blub,
- choke up,
- shriek,
- let go,
- yell,
- blubber,
- regret,
- sniff,
- break down,
- whoop,
- crack up,
- burst into tears,
- weep,
- mewl,
- mourn,
- ring the blues,
- holler,
- Boohoo,
- call,
- put on the weeps,
- turn on waterworks,
- let it all out,
- yowl,
- caterwaul,
- shed tears,
- dissolve in tears,
- shout,
- shed bitter tears.
• gripe (verb)
- crab,
- grouch.
• groan (verb)
- murmur,
- keen,
- mumble,
- object,
- bemoan.
• grumble (verb)
- scold,
- kick,
- pule.
• heave (verb)
- surge,
- cast,
- exhale,
- huff,
- pant,
- vomit,
- expand,
- sign,
- spew,
- dilate,
- puff,
- rise,
- billow,
- throw up,
- palpitate,
- swell,
- breathe,
- disgorge,
- gag.
• lament (verb)
- sniffle,
- decry,
- long,
- snuffle,
- agonize.
• sigh (verb)
- re spire,
- re-spiring,
- re spiring,
- re spires,
- re-spired,
- re spired,
- re-spires,
- re-spire.
• sing (verb)
- bursts in to song,
- in toning,
- bursts into song,
- in-toning,
- re-sounded,
- dueting,
- making melody,
- Re-sound,
- de-scanted,
- lined out,
- de scant,
- in-tones,
- canarying,
- lift a voice,
- bursted in to song,
- lullabied,
- in tone,
- bursting in to song,
- lining out,
- in-toned,
- de-scant,
- lifting up a voice,
- canaried,
- de scanting,
- de-scanting,
- lifting a voice,
- lift up voice,
- belts out,
- lifted up voice,
- bursted into song,
- cantillating,
- re-sounds,
- re-sounding,
- belted out,
- made melody,
- de scants,
- lifting voice,
- lifted up a voice,
- lifted a voice,
- re sounds,
- re sounding,
- lifts voice,
- lifted voice,
- re sound,
- lifts up a voice,
- belting out,
- choiring,
- in-tone,
- in toned,
- de-scants,
- de scanted,
- lifts up voice,
- lift voice,
- lullabying,
- dueted,
- in tones,
- singsonging,
- cantillates,
- bursting into song,
- cantillated,
- lines out,
- burst in to song.
• sorrow (verb)
- cried river,
- am sad,
- eats heart out,
- are sad,
- cries a river,
- hanging crepe,
- cry river,
- sang blues,
- art sad,
- eating heart out,
- hangs crepe,
- ate heart out,
- is sad,
- sings the blues,
- singing blues,
- hung crepe,
- crying a river,
- crying river,
- wast sad,
- cries river,
- sing blues,
- being sad,
- was sad,
- wert sad,
- sung the blues,
- sang the blues,
- cried a river,
- sings blues,
- sung blues,
- hanged crepe,
- were sad.
• vocalize (verb)
- ex-press,
- ex pressed,
- ex pressing,
- ex-pressing,
- ex press.
• voice (verb)
- utter,
- voice,
- articulate,
- emit,
- enunciate,
- pronounce,
- speak,
- whisper,
- exclaim,
- intone.
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Other synonyms:
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- OW,
- clunk,
- whir,
- Ouch,
- swish,
- whirr,
- tut-tut,
- crash around,
- whistle at,
- hiss,
- fizz,
- writhe,
- crow,
- thrum,
- swoosh,
- snort,
- putter,
- click.
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•
- yelp,
- thud,
- whoosh,
- objection,
- Tut,
- cry out.
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•
- scuffle.
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•
- throb.
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•
- zing,
- hum,
- rattle.
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•
- crunch,
- splash.
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•
- buzz.
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•
- pitch.
• cry
- blubbing,
- let it out,
- Squalled,
- blubbed,
- Boohooed,
- lets go,
- mewls,
- keening,
- dissolved in tears,
- squalling,
- breaking down,
- sheds tears,
- keens,
- blubs,
- letting go,
- Boohooing,
- Mewled,
- shedding tears,
- letting out,
- keened,
- Regretted.
• Other relevant words:
- indict,
- beefing,
- spit up,
- sound off,
- puke,
- choir,
- vocalize,
- Fussing,
- suspire,
- kvetch,
- blow off,
- Carolled,
- grumbling,
- retch,
- make a fuss,
- ululate,
- beefed,
- upchuck,
- canary,
- upchucks,
- eat heart out,
- Trolling,
- Mouthed,
- Serenaded,
- sigh,
- hang crepe,
- Solos,
- soloed,
- whine,
- groan,
- groused,
- sorrow,
- repine,
- find fault,
- lift up a voice,
- grousing,
- snivel,
- caroling,
- Fussed,
- Retching,
- Caroled,
- singsong,
- singsongs,
- belt out,
- burst into song,
- grunt,
- lament,
- kick up a fuss,
- choirs,
- retches,
- mutter,
- grumble,
- complain,
- chirr,
- cantillate,
- soloing,
- suspiring,
- Suspired,
- singing the blues,
- cry,
- yodel,
- sing the blues,
- chirring,
- chirrs,
- Retched,
- cry a river,
- heave,
- be sad,
- creak,
- take exception to,
- upchucking,
- give out,
- make melody,
- let out,
- grieve,
- Carolling,
- remonstrate,
- suspires,
- kvetching,
- Squealed,
- look askance,
- choired,
- Moaned,
- Hymning,
- canaries,
- Trolled,
- bellyache,
- Serenading,
- sing.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- yearn,
- shed,
- emanate,
- complaining,
- hunger after,
- clamour,
- querulousness,
- jangle,
- desirous,
- yapping,
- yap,
- contemplative,
- musing,
- crump,
- sobbingly,
- peevishness,
- Whinge,
- implore,
- languish,
- suspiration,
- aspiring,
- hunger for,
- wish,
- clang,
- long for,
- wistful,
- snore,
- jeremiad,
- tirade,
- groaning,
- be ill,
- gasp,
- eager,
- bellyaching,
- ask,
- Griping,
- heaving,
- grizzle,
- planctus,
- ululation,
- croon,
- grain,
- evolve,
- petulance,
- beseech,
- plaintively,
- craunch,
- eject,
- overeager,
- snarl,
- belch,
- agog,
- scolding,
- clank,
- aspire after,
- air a grievance,
- avid,
- pant after,
- lodge a complaint,
- covet,
- peeve,
- grind,
- hungry,
- meditative,
- rumble,
- gnash,
- say,
- longing,
- shoot,
- clangor,
- supplication,
- Wailingly,
- ambitious,
- ravenous,
- yawl,
- scrunch,
- whining,
- murmuring,
- muttering,
- pensive,
- envious,
- Squawking,
- jar,
- aspire,
- twang,
- croak,
- want,
- Sniping,
- rend the air,
- swoon,
- faultfinding,
- anxious,
- yammering,
- covetous,
- beg,
- clash,
- querulously,
- moaning,
- scranch,
- burr,
- take on,
- radiate,
- kicking,
- blare,
- itchy,
- blat,
- profess,
- yearn for,
- grate,
- bray,
- wishful,
- bitching,
- crave,
- mew.
How to use «Groan» in context?
1. groan is an enforced expression of frustration or pain.
2. It can be a soft, low sound or a deep, loud one.
3. Groan can also be a sign of emotional discomfort.
4. It mightmean «I don’t want to do this» or «This is hard»
5. Groan can be used in various situations, such as during negotiations, when making conversation, or during sex.
6. Groan has even been used in pop songs and movies to convey a feeling of disgruntlement or levity.
Homophones for Groan:
- grone, grown, groen.
Hyponym for Groan:
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n.
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communication
utterance, vocalization.
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communication
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v.
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communication
let loose, emit, utter, let out.
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communication
Варианты (v1)
Варианты (v2)
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groan [grəʊn] гл
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стонать, простонать, стенать, охать, застонать, кряхтеть
(moan, grunt)
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скрипеть, трещать
(creak)
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тяжело вздыхать
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groan [grəʊn] сущ
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стонм, вздохм, стенаниеср
(moan, sigh, groaning)
- loud groan – громкий стон
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скрипм
(creak)
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оханьеср
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noun | ||
стон | moan, groan, groaning, howl | |
скрип | creak, squeak, scratch, scrape, screech, groan | |
треск | crack, crash, crackling, crackle, rattle, groan | |
тяжелый вздох | groan | |
оханье | groan | |
verb | ||
стонать | moan, groan, howl | |
охать | groan, moan, sigh | |
кряхтеть | groan | |
тяжело вздыхать | groan | |
со стонами высказывать | groan, groan out | |
со стонами рассказывать | groan, groan out | |
скрипеть | creak, squeak, grit, scratch, groan, grate | |
издавать треск | groan | |
выражать недовольство | grudge, complain, begrudge, groan |
Предложения со словом «groan»
She turned back to the shack just as the front door opened with a loud groan and a ridiculously attired man came hurrying outside. |
Внезапно дверь хижины с громким скрипом распахнулась, и на крыльце появился человек. |
The fire was beginning to warm the water and a nauseating groan broke from the boy’s mouth. |
Огонь начал нагревать воду, и ужасный вопль вырвался изо рта юноши. |
The grown-ups groan at the sight of the Christmas grandfather, and with an effort remember to whom else they must bear offerings. |
Взрослые кряхтят при виде рождественского деда и напряженно вспоминают, кому еще осталось сделать подношения. |
A soft, almost inaudible groan came from the moving supports, and a pane of crystoplast popped free. |
Двигающиеся опоры издали тихий, почти неслышный стон, и панель кристаллопласта отскочила. |
A low groan of pleasure sounded in the back of his throat when her tongue timidly brushed against his. |
Низкий стон наслаждения вырвался из его груди, когда ее язык робко прикоснулся к его языку. |
Then came a low groan , the unmistakable sound of pain. |
И тут Анни услышала глухой стон, стон боли. |
A tortured groan came from the roof and a huge boulder toppled above the running soldiers. |
Кровля со стоном разошлась, и огромный камень обрушился на бегущих солдат. |
My muscles seemed to groan and my bones to creak, as though they hadn’t been used in a long, long time. |
Мышцы стонали, а кости скрипели, как будто ими очень давно не пользовались. |
Marino makes a barely audible noise that is like a groan from a small, primitive animal. |
Марино издает едва различимый гулкий стон, похожий на рык доисторического ящера. |
Reynaud smothered a groan as the fresh Peep force began to decelerate. |
Когда нежданно объявившаяся новая группа хевов начала сбрасывать ускорение, Рено с трудом сдержал стон. |
Then he heard the unmistakable flap of the saloon door, and the groan of another human being somewhere near. |
Затем хлопнула дверь Салуна, и совсем рядом послышался человеческий стон. |
She gave a groan of horror and then burst into low, hoarse shrieks which sounded hardly human, and she beat her head passionately on the ground. |
У нее вырвался стон ужаса, перешедший в глухой, хриплый визг, в котором не было уже ничего человеческого. Она стала биться головой об пол. |
His breathing became more difficult and painful as the night drew on, and often he could not repress a groan . |
Ему делалось все труднее дышать, и часто он не мог удержаться от стона. |
An awful sort of agonized choking groan . |
Вот он повторился снова. Ужасный, отчаянный сдавленный стон. |
The coyote struck again, again; and at every blow at first a gasp, and then a deep groan went up from the crowd. |
Койот хлестнул опять, опять; каждый удар толпа встречала коротким общим вздохом и глухим стоном. |
As soon as the firing had begun at the Military Academy, there came a groan from his wife’s bedroom. |
Как только заклокотало у военного училища, из светлой спаленки жены Якова Григорьевича раздался стон. |
The long beam continued to belabor the door, at regular intervals, like the clapper of a bell, the stones to rain down, the door to groan . |
Длинное бревно мерными ударами продолжало бить в дверь, точно язык колокола, камни продолжали сыпаться, дверь — стонать. |
There was a rustle of disturbed bamboo, the sound of a soft groan and fading footsteps, then all was quiet. |
Послышался шорох потревоженных бамбуков, тихий стон и удаляющиеся шаги. Потом все смолкло. |
Soon a barely audible groan from the berth reminded him that urgent aid was needed. |
Но еле слышный хрип, донесшийся с койки, напомнил Вольке о необходимости срочных мер. |
I gnashed my teeth and ground them together, uttering a groan that came from my inmost soul. |
Я заскрипел зубами, я стиснул их, и у меня вырвался стон, исходивших из самой глубины души. |
You see it shining over her head in the glimmer of the lamp, and-and the lamp goes out, with a groan , and all is dark. |
Клинок сверкает у нее над головой в мерцании светильника; светильник гаснет, раздается стон — и все погружается в мрак. |
And I shall walk in the flesh, be prince and peasant, savant and fool, sit in the high place and groan under the wheel. |
Я буду ходить во плоти, буду принцем и крестьянином, ученым и шутом, буду сидеть на высоком месте и стонать под колесами. |
I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall. |
Я, наверно, несколько мгновений простоял, слушая, как полощутся и хлопают занавеси и поскрипывает картина на стене. |
She stood up, tried to take a step, but suddenly a violent spasm of pain deprived her of all power and all determination, and with a loud groan she fell back on the bed. |
Она встала, хотела шагнуть, но вдруг как бы сильнейшая судорожная боль разом отняла у ней все силы и всю решимость, и она с громким стоном опять упала на постель. |
The old hag let out a dreary groan somewhere behind his back. |
Старая карга застонала где — то за его спиной. |
Finally Myshlaevsky leaned back from the bowl with a groan , tried painfully to focus his eyes and clung to Alexei’s arms like a limp sack. |
Тот, наконец, со стоном откинулся от раковины, мучительно завел угасающие глаза и обвис на руках у Турбина, как вытряхнутый мешок. |
The horse was not even trotting now, on stiff legs, its breathing deep and labored and rasping, each breath a groan . |
А лошадь уж и не бежала на негнущихся ногах, она дышала глубоко и надсадно; каждый вздох — как стон. |
With a groan , Ostap tore off the cloak, dumped it on the ice, and continued running. |
Остап со стоном сорвал балахон, бросил его на лед и устремился дальше. |
He heard also a deep groan of despair. |
Еще Уинстон услышал глубокий стон отчаяния. |
For some minutes he stood watching intently. Then he gave a deep groan and with an impatient gesture he put out the light. |
Несколько минут он пристально смотрел в окно, потом тихо застонал и нетерпеливым движением загасил свечу. |
The ground seemed to groan at the terrible impact. |
Земля как будто ахнула от страшного удара. |
One hundred and twenty rubles plus twelve rubles and ten kopeks, whispered Porfiry Vladimirych, endeavoring to stifle the unpleasant sensation produced by the groan . |
Сто двадцать один рубль да двенадцать рублей десять копеек… — шепчет Порфирий Владимирыч, усиливаясь заглушить неприятное впечатление, произведенное стоном. |
This was what was bothering Mantsev. Standing on tiptoe he pulled a handful of smoke-begrimed moss from another part of the ceiling and with a groan stuffed it into the crack. |
Это и беспокоило Манцева… Поднявшись на цыпочки, он сорвал с низкого потолка космы черного мха и, кряхтя, заткнул ими щель. |
Then she began to groan , faintly at first. |
Потом она начала стонать, сперва еле слышно. |
The land withers and our people groan . |
Земля увядает и люди стонут. |
I must rattle my chains, and groan through keyholes, and walk about at night, if that is what you mean. |
Мне положено греметь цепями, стонать в замочные скважины и разгуливать по ночам — если ты про это. |
It required all the stoicism of his nature to bear up against the acute agony he was enduring. Nor did he endure it altogether in silence. At intervals it elicited a groan . |
Ему потребовалась вся сила воли, чтобы вынести эти страдания, и все — таки с его губ иногда срывались стоны. |
Truly, he said with a groan , it adorned the tomb of Richard Coeur de Lion, King of England and Duke of Normandy. |
В былые времена, — с глубоким вздохом сказал привратник, — она украшала могилу Ричарда Львиное Сердце, короля Английского и герцога Нормандского. |
The square seemed deserted, but Andrii thought he heard a feeble groan . |
Площадь казалась мертвою, но Андрию почудилось какое — то слабое стенание. |
Oh, for the love of God! Norah exclaimed with a hostile groan . |
О, ради всего святого! — возмущенно простонала Нора. |
As soon as I begin to talk to him he pretends not to hear, and lies as if he were asleep instead of answering, or if he opens his eyes he begins to groan . |
Когда я заговариваю с ним, он, чтобы не отвечать, притворяется, будто спит и не слышит, а если глаза у него открыты, но начинает охать. |
Look, I’ve heard dead bodies moan, groan , hiss, hell, I’ve even seen them sit straight up on a gurney. |
Погоди, Я слышал как мёртвые стонут, охают, шипят — Я даже видел как они садятся в носилках. |
They hesitate, sigh, tremble and groan , but they advance to the last switch, 450 volts, |
Они колеблются, вздыхают, дрожат и охают, но включают последний тумблер, 450 вольт, |
When you get in and out of this car, you make a groan like an old man. |
Когда ты влезаешь и вылазишь из нее, ты кряхтишь как старик. |
Are you gonna moan and groan all night? |
Ты собираешься стонать и кряхтеть всю ночь? |
Yes, yes, groan , groan , I know. |
Да, да, можете вздыхать, я знаю. |
I hesitate to mention this lest it occasion a sophisticated groan . |
Мне неловко об этом упоминать, чтобы не вызвать очередной наигранный стон. |
Was it ah or oh, or was it merely a groan ? |
Было это Ах, или А, или Ох, или что — то оно там незатейливо простонало? |
Another groan , and then silence. |
Он повторился и замер. |
Keep you out of the pub! That’s the groan ! |
Сам удержись от паба, чтоб не стонать потом. |
I know, Sixsmith, you groan and shake your head, but you smile too, which is why I love you. |
Я знаю, Сиксмит, ты сейчас тяжело вздыхаешь, но вместе с тем ты улыбаешься, за это я тебя и люблю. |
The father staggers back with a groan . |
Плантатор со стоном отшатнулся. |
Although he would growl, groan , frown, swear extravagantly and sometimes hurl his brushes away, he was really intensely happy. |
Несмотря на свою привычку ворчать, хмуриться, ругаться, иногда даже бросаться кистями, в те минуты он был на самом деле счастлив, необыкновенно счастлив. |
She took up her charcoal again, but in a moment put it down with a groan . |
Она снова взяла в руки уголь, но тут же положила его со стоном. |
Do whatever he wanted with her, while me and my sons sit outside in the hall, listening to him grunt and groan . |
Делал с ней всё, что хотел, а мы с сыновьями сидели за дверью и слушали, как он мычит и стонет. |
The key turned with a protesting creak. The door swung with a groan on its hinges. |
Ключ протестующе заскрипел, и дверь открылась со стонущим звуком. |
Mr. Snagsby has made a pause to suppress a groan . |
Мистер Снегсби делает паузу, чтобы подавить стон. |
Once he heard his mother groan and he burst into sobbing hiccoughs. |
В какой — то момент он услышал, как застонала мама, и разрыдался так, что у него началась икота. |
He also discovered a means of becoming invisible and when unseen he played wicked tricks on Porfiry to make him groan in agony. |
То будто он изобрел средство делаться невидимкой и через это получил возможность творить Порфишке такие пакости, от которых тот начинает стонать. |
Suddenly, in the dead stillness he heard a distant but piercing groan . |
И вдруг, среди общего безмолвия, в кабинет врывается отдаленный, но раздирающий стон. |
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groan
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noun
Definition of groan
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as in wail
a crying out in grief
when the underdogs lost the playoffs, the groans of millions of disappointed fans were heard throughout the land
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wail
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tears
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cry
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moan
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lamentation
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howl
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lament
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mourning
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keen
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weeping
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sob
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plaint
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suffering
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protest
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regret
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sorrow
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outcry
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anguish
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sorrowing
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grief
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complaint
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woe
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heartbreak
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heartache
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grieving
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agonizing
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hand—wringing
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cri de coeur
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dolor
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rejoicing
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exultation
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smiling
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laughing
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cheering
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rejoicing
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exultation
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smiling
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laughing
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cheering
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as in moan
a long low sound indicating pain or grief
let out a groan when he tried to stand on the sprained ankle
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moan
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crying
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wail
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whimpering
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whimper
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shriek
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sobbing
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cry
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whining
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weeping
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whine
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yelp
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lamentation
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howl
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lament
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keen
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bawl
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yowl
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blubbering
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plaint
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sniveling
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yammering
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squall
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chuckle
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laugh
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giggle
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snicker
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guffaw
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cackle
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titter
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chortle
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chuckle
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laugh
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groan
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as in to moan
to utter a moan
heard someone groaning in pain
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moan
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wail
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cry
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sob
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whimper
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whine
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shriek
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weep
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sniff
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yelp
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sorrow
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lament
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bewail
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anguish
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bemoan
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grieve
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snivel
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blubber
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deplore
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rue
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mourn
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suffer
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bawl
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keen
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squall
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hurt
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agonize
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bleed
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yammer
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yowl
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laugh
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giggle
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crack up
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Things Groan often describes
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groan pun
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groan unamused
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groan offscreen
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groan moments
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collective groan
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long groan
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mass groan
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annoyed groan
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frustrated groan
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audible groan
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loud groan
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groan family
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groan lineage
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groan staff
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groan makers
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groan cypher
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groan son
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groan cool
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groan punishment
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groan above
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Groan is the last word in phrase
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Titus groan
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death groan
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physics groan
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trombone groan
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disgruntled groan
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mothers groan
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harry groan
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everyone groan
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cue groan
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snake groan
The groans ceased and the pain vanished from the toe.
And they both groaned at the atrocious conduct of the elder Mr.
We will «groan inside ourselves» because we live in a decadent world, because we need to be freed from this «body of death».
But last Friday residents living on the street next to the cemetery raised the alarm after hearing screams, banging and groans coming from inside the woman’s stone tomb.
Creep groan is generally caused by the stick-slip motion between disc and pads and it is a self-excited vibration of the brake assembly.
«The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out.
They found that the esophageal pressure slowly decreased with each groan, indicating that the respiratory muscles are not activated during the production of sound.
Filled with a cast of off-center characters and lopsided shenanigans, readers will blunder along with Gape, Groan and Gordo as they meet their adventures «head» on, becoming unlikely heroes in the process.
To be a member of such a mixed body is to groan mightily at the obvious iniquities and imperfections that incorporation entails.
Pass,pass,groan,pass, groan,pass,pass,pass,groan, pass,groan,groan.
The thing they groan most is, «Why?» Why, they want to know, should Mom-n-Pop’s Coffee Shop have to meet the same generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as giant General Motors Corp.?
«We heard a big groan and this big crack, and then boom!
«This is the kind of result that scientists groan about but love to see because it sends everyone back to the drawing board,» says Craig DeForest of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo.
WE DIDN’T KNOW whether to laugh or groan when we heard a professional football player make an ignoramus of himself by calling the death of an NFL player by heatstroke an «aberration.»
Walker, whose method of hair culture made her wealthy, to konking (Malcolm X’s recollection of his first konk is painful, and hilarious) to the Afro, and the photos of those mushroom clouds from the 60s and 70s will make you groan or laugh or both; to the memories of grease and piping hot hot combs and perms and dreadlocks and whatever the devil we’re doing with our hair now.