- 1a small bird with long pointed wings and a tail with two points, that spends the winter in warm parts of the world but flies to northern countries for the summer
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of food/drink - 2an act of swallowing; an amount of food or drink that is swallowed at one time She took a swallow of coffee. Idioms
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you must not take too seriously a small sign that something is happening or will happen in the future, because the situation could change
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