Meanings (ES + gloss)
picada • picado • precipitación
An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him. Nana was in a hurry, and it was too much trouble to hunt for china dogs at be…
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. – Sun Tzu
arrebato • precipitación
A sudden act of seizing.
Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
abalanzarse • lanzarse / volar en picada • precipitarse
To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.
abalanzarse
To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something.
The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone.
There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about lik…
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