Meaning of snail's pace | Babel Free
Equivalents
Català
pas de tortuga
Deutsch
Schneckentempo
Español
a paso de tortuga
Suomi
etananvauhti
Français
à pas de tortue
Íslenska
hægagangur
日本語
牛歩
한국어
달팽이 걸음
Nederlands
slakkengang
Polski
żółwim krokiem
Português
a passo de caracol
Svenska
snigelfart
Examples
“My grandmother drives her car at a snail's pace.”
“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double⟳ purchase⟳ and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like⟳ a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put⟳ to the test⟳ the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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