ANGEL

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angel I. substantiv

1. înger;

to be on the side of the angels a adopta un punct de vedere tradiţional;

enough to make the angels weep să plângă şi pietrele nu alta; te apucă jalea;

the fallen angel îngerul căzut, diavolul;

guardian angel înger păzitor; geniu bun;

(amer.) to join the angels a-şi da sufletul, a pleca pe lumea cealaltă;

ministering angel înger bun;

(amer.) swamp angel locuitor al unei regiuni mlăştinoase;

(prov.) speaking / talking of angels one often sees their wings când vorbeşti de lup, lupul la uşă;

visits, like those of angels vizite rare;

to entertain an angel unawares a face un serviciu cuiva care se dovedeşte a fi o persoană importantă;

to rush in where angels fear to tread a se amesteca prosteşte şi cu îngâmfare într-o chestiune delicată.

2. (ist.) veche monedă englezească de aur.

3. (fam.) mecena, sprijinitor; (înger) protector; sprijinitor financiar al unei afaceri comerciale.

4. (poetic) sol, trimis.

angel II. verb tranzitiv

(fam.) a sprijini băneşte (o afacere comercială).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

But how about Mr. Hosmer Angel?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When the Angel of Death alighted there, my child-wife fell asleep—they told me so when I could bear to hear it—on her bosom, with a smile.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But they all love Cuddie, for they know he’s an angel to fight.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Diavolo!” exclaimed the old artist, standing with his head on one side, “you have power; yes, cospetto! you have power, it is the face of an angel!”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Distrust it, sir; it is not a true angel.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

You have some touches of the angel in you beyond what—not merely beyond what one sees, because one never sees anything like it—but beyond what one fancies might be.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

She had boys enough now, and did not tire of them, though they were not angels, by any means, and some of them caused both Professor and Professorin much trouble and anxiety.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She lived three days more, and then died happily, and when she was buried, the two white doves which had brought her food to the tower, and were angels of heaven, followed her body and seated themselves on her grave.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

She is a complete angel.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Oh, Madam Mina, good women tell all their lives, and by day and by hour and by minute, such things that angels can read; and we men who wish to know have in us something of angels' eyes.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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