Meanings (ES + gloss)
terremoto
A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.
Her alablaster brest she soft did kis, / Which all that while shee felt to pant and quake, / As it an Earth-quake were: at last she thus bespake.
Last year's earthquake crushed his house, his livelihood and very nearly his leg, he said, pointing to a plastered limb that refuses to heal.
Phrases
antiearthquakebirthquakeearthquake baroqueearthquake bombearthquake damearthquake drillearthquake engineeringearthquake protectorearthquake stormearthquake-proneearthquakelikeearthquakeproofearthquakyfootquakehurriquakemegaearthquakemicroearthquakemirthquakenon-earthquakepaleoearthquakepostearthquakeslow earthquake
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