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corrente in English:

1. stream stream


The stream becomes shallower as you move upriver.
A small stream runs by my house.
A stream of people came out of the theater.
Drink water from a stream.
Our policies and systems are getting outdated and need revising, but to try to swap horses while crossing a stream might be dangerous.
The three animals tried to help the old man, the monkey using its ability to climb to collect fruit and nuts, and the fox catching fish in the stream to bring to him.
There's been a constant stream of complaint calls since last week.
It must be dangerous to swim in this rapid stream.
When I regained my senses, it seemed that fur had grown on my fingers and knees. When it became slightly brighter, I looked at my reflection in a mountain stream, and I realized that I had become a tiger.
If this organization is left as it is, it will soon go bankrupt; its recovery is as difficult as swapping horses while crossing a stream.
Time is but the stream I go a fishing in.
I love to fish in the trout stream behind my house.
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

English word "corrente"(stream) occurs in sets:

Geografia em inglês

2. chain chain


Animals in a zoo always wear a chain.
He's a chain smoker.
The world's tropical rainforests are critical links in the ecological chain of life on the planet.
you broke the chain
The chain of crimes are thought to have been committed by the same man.
A totally ordered set is often called a "chain".
What is your favourite convenience store chain?
This software carries out Markov Chain Monte Carlo calculations by the use of Gibbs Sampling.
In a horrifying chain of events, Christopher Columbus once bit his own lip.
The probability of this chain of events is one in two million flights - about once every two months at current levels of air traffic.
An example of rust is what happens to the chain on a bike that's been left out in the rain all winter.
Definition on a bicycle, the chain is the set of linked metal rings which connect the pedals to the back wheel and help make the bicycle move
When do you want to get this chain conveyor?
1. He broke that guy's arm, stole his chain. / 2. You could exchange this chain for several necklaces.
Did he take his job? "Yes, he is located higher up in the food chain."

English word "corrente"(chain) occurs in sets:

Partes da bicicleta em inglês