fruncido resoplido
English translation: frowning snort
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|  Selected response from: Cinnamon Nolan Spain Local time: 06:19 | ||||||
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| 3 +2 | frowning snort |
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| 4 | panting gasp |
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| 4 | smirk/smirking gesture |
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| 4 | a gruff grunt |
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| 3 | puckered grunt |
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| 3 | sputtering frown |
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puckered grunt Explanation: You grunt softly, but I can see the grunt on your puckered and strained face as you swing your bag over your shoulder — a corner of the book peeking out of ... www.hamilton.edu/magazine/2006/winter/theblinddate.html - resoplido - snort ... fruncido - puckered... Somehow I can visualize the scene but ... maybe this helps :) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-06 00:35:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Thanks Kate :) I was even thinking that just grunt would do ... |
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panting gasp Explanation: Used in the text below many texts with panting gasp.... Reference: http://www.donrichmond.com/ Reference: http://truefaced.com/blog/?cat=25 |
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smirk/smirking gesture Explanation: might work... |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2frowning snort Explanation: Another option. Actually, I'm having trouble imagining what the "universal" greeting is when you see a group of fellow scooterists... Does the guy purse his mouth and puff? Or frown and grunt? I might go with "frowning 'hmph" if it seems by the context that there is disapproval or slight irritation in the sound he makes... Equine Sounds The snort sound is produced when a horse exhales through his nose with his mouth shut and produces a vibrating sound in the nostrils. Very often the horse ... www.sportpolo.com/Polo_Pony/Sounds.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2009-02-06 07:44:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "He gave the universal greeting of a frowning snort/grunt..." or "greeting of a frown and a grunt/snort". Ranma frowned and snorted disdainfully. "Um . . . What about me?" asked Min timidly. Moiraine looked at her for a moment, then gestured her to come closer. ... www.anime.sobhrach.com/~dragon/dp/dp3.txt Jokingly they called him long-nose, and Rann frowned and snorted. "Hey!" he grunted playfully. Theira smiled a little as they let the taunka ... wow-tng.org/showthread.php?t=14100 Subotai frowned and grunted, reminding himself that it was not wise to underestimate one’s enemy. Would waiting in the rain make the Romans ... forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=7674273 |
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