| inglese > italiano | |
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| squirm | |
| 1. verb. contorcersi, attorcigliarsi, dimenarsi, attorcersi, torcersi | |
| 2. verb. imbarazzarsi, vergognarsi, agitarsi, sentirsi umiliato | |
| 3. verb. sbrogliarsi, districarsi | |
| 4. sost. contorsione, rivolgimento, contorcimento | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| squirm | |
| 1. v. To twist one’s body with snakelike motions. |  |
| The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket. | |
| 2. v. To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or embarrassment. | |
| I recounted the embarrassing story in detail just to watch him squirm. | |
| 3. v. (figuratively) To move with a slow, irregular motion. | |
| 4. subst. A twisting, snakelike movement of the body. | |
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