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pursuit in inglese:

1. the act of following or chasing somebody



Inglese parola "pursuit"(the act of following or chasing somebody) si verifica in set:

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2. try to achieve a plan



3. pursue


Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.
Are you being pursued?
So many goals? Which goals to pursue first?
They are typically employed by an office of the government, with safeguards in place to ensure such an office can successfully pursue the prosecution of government officials.
1. pursue an activity, interest, goal, dream or plan; 2. pursue the thief, pursue by car
Political programmes in 2003 must pursue this priority more strenuously than in 2002.
It is important to think over what you will do, to pursue your studies economically, and effectively.
Other gentleman came and said we need to pursue him.
If you pursue your dreams then you will surely achieve a few.
In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Pursue is defined as to follow or chase, to continue with or to try to get someone or something. An example of pursue is taking classes to get ahead in your career.
To pursue a goal of pleasing everyone is a recipe for failure.
pursue one's interest in biology
Even after she got married and had children, she still found time to pursue her interest in archeology.
I want to pursue my research despite a low budget.

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4. chased


The cat chased the mouse, but couldn't catch it.
I got on a bicycle and chased after the thief.
They chased others away.
The man chased the robber into the street.
The young girl was chased by the old man.
The dog chased the rabbit.
He chased the thief.
Tom's mother chased Tom as he ran naked around the lobby.
The children chased after the circus parade.
They chased the man to arrest him.
A dog chased a cat.
And he chased the cattle, the sheep, and the people out of the temple.
The monkey, having thrown coconuts at all of the animals as a means of amusement, could not understand why he was suddenly being chased out of the jungle.
My little sister and I used to play tag a lot. We would chase each other, and the one chasing would try to tag the one being chased and yell: "You're it!"
The girls chased after their teen-age idol.

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5. hobby


What's your hobby?
Bodybuilding is his hobby so he has a very firm tight body with lots of muscle definition.
Sailing a boat, his chief hobby, costs him most of his salary.
Her handicraft is more than a hobby. It's more like a profession.
Smokers are as aware as anybody else of the disadvantages of their hobby, but manage to live with that knowledge for two main reasons.
It can hardly be called research... just an amateur's hobby, I'm ashamed to say.
That's an unusual hobby she's got, the transfer student. "She's cute so it's fine with me."
Is it any of your business what someone's hobby is?
When talking about his hobby, he always puts on a serious expression.
"The Commission hesitates to protect a nearly endangered species, but sees fit to regulate fishing as a hobby. "
Nie mam już czasu na moje hobby.
Umezawa has had the hobby of writing haikus since he was young.
If one does not have a hobby, his life may be desolate.
I don't know if you'd call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.

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6. an activity you give a lot of attention or effort to



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7. follow


I'll follow.
Well, said the shopkeeper, motioning for Dima to follow her to the cash register. "That'll be 3,000,000.99, then."
It's your first time doing this kind of work. You should follow the manual exactly until you get more experience.
In the same way as Hegel, Panovsky's notion of the dialectic makes history follow a predetermined course.
Simply follow the instructions below, and in no time you will be printing full color documents just as easily and quickly as black and white.
In spoiling her child, Stella made a rod for her own back in the years that were to follow.
It then became necessary to settle the best route for the line to follow; and that was determined, in the first place, by the shape of the land it had to cross.
The Waterfront's success could mean that other cities soon follow, creating areas that offer people a new kind of city living, with all the benefits and none of the stress, noise and pollution of crowded centres.
She followed me into the kitchen. I followed your advice and stayed at home. Nastąpił wybuch, a po nim chmara dymu.
Stop trying to make us follow all these subtle clues. I wish you would say what you want to say more clearly.
The weight of the world is a dangerous thing to try to bear. Take only a small fraction, and the rest of it will soon follow - crushing you.
When children are ordered to do a certain thing by such adult standards, they frequently refuse to follow the instructions for no other reason than that they have been told to do so.

8. is the process of trying to achieve something



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