My grandmother, who died in 1963, told me that "going sparking" was a term young people used to refer to a boy and a girl going on a serious date... where some serious play might occur. She was raised in Massachusetts so perhaps the term was regional.
In her era and region a boy and a girl were not usually permitted to go on a date without other couples along. "Sparking" probably involved pretty tame stuff compared to today!
I'm going home
"Où vas-tu?" translates to "Where are you going?" in English.
Hone Heke was a 19th-century Māori chief in New Zealand who famously cut down the British flagpole in protest of British rule, sparking the Flagstaff War. The name "Hone Heke" itself does not have a specific meaning in English.
I am not going (I am not going to go)
"Voy a llevar" in English means "I am going to take."
engaging in courtship
It means to connect with someone you like and love them.
To be in love or infatuated by something.
It depends on the type of sparking/arcing. If you mean in a DC or series-wound motor, it is caused by the making and breaking of the commutator segments against the motor brushes.If you mean under a car, then it could mean that the muffler is dragging the ground.If you mean in a CRT television, then it is likely problems with the flyback transformer.
It means that the person is sparking back into reality and and seeing things make sense again.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This one meant courting. The image is of striking sparks with the heat of your affections.
If you get sparking in an electrical switch there is a loose connection or short in the circuit. The switch should be repaired or replaced.
The flint.
The cast of Sparking the Flame - 2010 includes: Matt Christian Reed as Henry
Yes, power lines sparking can be a common cause of electrical fires.
Good. They are not supposed to.
non sparking