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Meaning of alflugi | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
alˈfluɡi

Definitions

to fly (to or toward a particular location)

Examples

“Elmetu mielon, muŝoj alflugos.”

Put out honey, and flies will come swarming. (L. L. Zamenhof, Esperanta Proverbaro)

“Trans la Spegulo kaj Kion Alicio Trovis Tie by Lewis Carroll, Chapter 4, Alflugis monstra korvo, ho! Nigrega kiel kelo, Timigis la heroojn, do Ekĉesis la kverelo. Just then flew down a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot their quarrel.”
“E. W. Amos (translator), La Tempo-Maŝino (The Time Machine) by H. G. Wells, Chapter 3,”

I felt naked in a strange world. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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