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If I were to retreat down the spiral staircase I would be vulnerable to an attack from above and the man I had once taken for a penny-pinching clerk was clearly capable of anything.Si emprendía la retirada hacia la escalera de caracol, le daría la oportunidad de atacarme desde arriba, y era evidente que el hombre al que hasta hacía poco consideraba un avaro y medroso contable era capaz de cualquier cosa.Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negroEl gallo negroSansom, Christopher JohnDissolutionSansom, Christopher John© C.J. Sansom, 2003
As Hollus and I had discussed before, DNA has four letters in its alphabet: A, C, G, and T, for adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, the bases that form the rungs of its spiral ladder.Como Hollus y yo ya habíamos discutido antes, el ADN dispone de cuatro letras en su alfabeto: A, C, G y T, por adenina, citosina, guanina y timina, las bases que forman los escalones de su escala en espiral.Sawyer, Robert / Calculating GodSawyer, Robert / El calculo de DiosEl calculo de DiosSawyer, Robert© 2002 by Ediciones B, S.A.© 2000 by Robert SawyerCalculating GodSawyer, Robert© 2000 by Robert Sawyer
As the neutron stars spiral in toward each other, the frequency of those waves would ramp up in a characteristic pattern called a chirp signal.Conforme las estrellas de neutrones cayeran en espiral una hacia la otra, la frecuencia de estas ondas se incrementaría rápidamente en un patrón característico que se conoce como señal de gorjeo (en idioma inglés: chirp signal).http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 06.07.2011
Using no more than a backyard telescope, he caught it zipping past spiral galaxy IC3808:Usando solamente su telescopio de jardín, logró captar la sonda cuando pasaba a gran velocidad junto a la galaxia IC3808:http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011http://science.nasa.gov/ 03.07.2011
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Collocations
spiral bandage
vendaje espiral
wage-price spiral
espiral de precios y salarios
spiral staircase
escalera en espiral
Word forms
spiral
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | spiral | spirals |
Possessive case | spiral's | spirals' |
spiral
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | spiraled, spiralled |
Imperative | spiral |
Present Participle (Participle I) | spiraling, spiralling |
Past Participle (Participle II) | spiraled, spiralled |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I spiral | we spiral |
you spiral | you spiral |
he/she/it spirals | they spiral |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am spiraling, spiralling | we are spiraling, spiralling |
you are spiraling, spiralling | you are spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it is spiraling, spiralling | they are spiraling, spiralling |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have spiraled, spiralled | we have spiraled, spiralled |
you have spiraled, spiralled | you have spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it has spiraled, spiralled | they have spiraled, spiralled |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been spiraling, spiralling | we have been spiraling, spiralling |
you have been spiraling, spiralling | you have been spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it has been spiraling, spiralling | they have been spiraling, spiralling |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I spiraled, spiralled | we spiraled, spiralled |
you spiraled, spiralled | you spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it spiraled, spiralled | they spiraled, spiralled |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was spiraling, spiralling | we were spiraling, spiralling |
you were spiraling, spiralling | you were spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it was spiraling, spiralling | they were spiraling, spiralling |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had spiraled, spiralled | we had spiraled, spiralled |
you had spiraled, spiralled | you had spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it had spiraled, spiralled | they had spiraled, spiralled |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been spiraling, spiralling | we had been spiraling, spiralling |
you had been spiraling, spiralling | you had been spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it had been spiraling, spiralling | they had been spiraling, spiralling |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will spiral | we shall/will spiral |
you will spiral | you will spiral |
he/she/it will spiral | they will spiral |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be spiraling, spiralling | we shall/will be spiraling, spiralling |
you will be spiraling, spiralling | you will be spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it will be spiraling, spiralling | they will be spiraling, spiralling |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have spiraled, spiralled | we shall/will have spiraled, spiralled |
you will have spiraled, spiralled | you will have spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it will have spiraled, spiralled | they will have spiraled, spiralled |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been spiraling, spiralling | we shall/will have been spiraling, spiralling |
you will have been spiraling, spiralling | you will have been spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it will have been spiraling, spiralling | they will have been spiraling, spiralling |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would spiral | we should/would spiral |
you would spiral | you would spiral |
he/she/it would spiral | they would spiral |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be spiraling, spiralling | we should/would be spiraling, spiralling |
you would be spiraling, spiralling | you would be spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it would be spiraling, spiralling | they would be spiraling, spiralling |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have spiraled, spiralled | we should/would have spiraled, spiralled |
you would have spiraled, spiralled | you would have spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it would have spiraled, spiralled | they would have spiraled, spiralled |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been spiraling, spiralling | we should/would have been spiraling, spiralling |
you would have been spiraling, spiralling | you would have been spiraling, spiralling |
he/she/it would have been spiraling, spiralling | they would have been spiraling, spiralling |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am spiraled, spiralled | we are spiraled, spiralled |
you are spiraled, spiralled | you are spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it is spiraled, spiralled | they are spiraled, spiralled |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being spiraled, spiralled | we are being spiraled, spiralled |
you are being spiraled, spiralled | you are being spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it is being spiraled, spiralled | they are being spiraled, spiralled |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been spiraled, spiralled | we have been spiraled, spiralled |
you have been spiraled, spiralled | you have been spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it has been spiraled, spiralled | they have been spiraled, spiralled |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was spiraled, spiralled | we were spiraled, spiralled |
you were spiraled, spiralled | you were spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it was spiraled, spiralled | they were spiraled, spiralled |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being spiraled, spiralled | we were being spiraled, spiralled |
you were being spiraled, spiralled | you were being spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it was being spiraled, spiralled | they were being spiraled, spiralled |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been spiraled, spiralled | we had been spiraled, spiralled |
you had been spiraled, spiralled | you had been spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it had been spiraled, spiralled | they had been spiraled, spiralled |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be spiraled, spiralled | we shall/will be spiraled, spiralled |
you will be spiraled, spiralled | you will be spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it will be spiraled, spiralled | they will be spiraled, spiralled |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been spiraled, spiralled | we shall/will have been spiraled, spiralled |
you will have been spiraled, spiralled | you will have been spiraled, spiralled |
he/she/it will have been spiraled, spiralled | they will have been spiraled, spiralled |