shadow
B2Frequent NGSL-3UK /ˈʃædəʊ/US /ˈʃædəʊ/
Meaning
noun
the dark shape that somebody/something’s form makes on a surface, for example on the ground, when they are between the light and the surface
“The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows.”
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“there felt something strengthened in them a conviction that they deserved something better than the shadows and better than Oblivion and it if it wasn't going to be given then they were”
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there felt something strengthened in them a conviction that they deserved something better than the shadows and better than Oblivion and it if it wasn't going to be given then they were
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