Meanings (ES + gloss)
algo que da a entender • algo que hace pensar que • menor indicio
Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.
You ought to know something of French habits, at your age. You must have read books that give an inkling of it.
[T]he present recalled the past, robed in the memories of its thousand dark and damning deeds of ignorance and superstition, and gave inklings of a brighter and better future; [...…
menor idea
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
Of the thing that sustains him through trials man has no inkling, much less knowledge, at the time.
These thoughts, of course, came to me later, though even when I was promoted to him, at the age of perhaps fourteen, some inkling haunted me of the dignity of himself and brother.…
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