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Mr. Tom Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Frantic movement of arms and legs

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0 The first word that comes to my mind is 01b00flailing02b00.0-
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0or "thrashing." I can't think of one tht I would call "beautiful" -- I don't know that you could describe someone drowning in a beautiful way. Could you tell us how the expression in your native language would translate literally?0-

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