1.- I see people struggling to learn the rule of this game, and it streakes me that their goal is not to win, but to avoid showing themselves up.
2.-Later in the evening, Connie streakes up a conversation in polish with Andrew from Lvov.
3.- The comedian Harry Enfield's 'Kevin the Teenager' character streakes an immediate chord with any long-suffering parent of that age group.
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Strike up something (with somebody): to begin a friendship, a relationship, a conversation, etc. E.g. He would often strike up conversations with complete strangers.
!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
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1 streak streaks
A streak is a long stripe or mark on a surface which contrasts with the surface because it is a different colour.
There are these dark streaks on the surface of the moon.
The flames begin as a few streaks of red against the pale brown of the walls.
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2 streak streaks streaking streaked
If something streaks a surface, it makes long stripes or marks on the surface.
Rain had begun to streak the window-panes.
Fine shades of grey streaked his dark hair. mecha
His face was pale and streaked with dirt.
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· -streaked
Her bare feet were dirt-streaked and cracked with cold.
...soot-streaked silver trains.
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3 streak streaks vena, rasgo
If someone has a streak of a particular type of behaviour, they sometimes behave in that way.
We're both alikemthere is a streak of madness in us both.
He's still got a mean streak.
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4 streak streaks streaking streaked salir a gran velocidad
If something or someone streaks somewhere, they move there very quickly.
A meteorite streaked across the sky.
He got a near perfect start, streaking away from the pack.
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5 streak streaks racha
A winning streak or a lucky streak is a continuous series of successes, for example in gambling or sport. A losing streak or an unlucky streak is a series of failures or losses.
The casinos had better watch out since I'm obviously on a lucky streak!
...a losing streak that had extended back to June 1.
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