āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
flood back
/flËĘd bËak/
to flood back
[phrase form: flood]
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž
to have strong memories or emotions from the past come back suddenly and vividly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The old photograph album made all the family stories flood back to him.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢāĻā§ āĻ
ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž, āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž
to return in large numbers or with force, often in a sudden and overwhelming manner
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tourists flood back to the coastal town every summer.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
