BALL

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ball¹ I. substantiv

1. glob, sferă, bilă, corp sferic (în genere), bulgăre;

(tehn.) ball and socket articulaţie cu bile;

ball of the eye globul ochiului;

ball of fortune destin capricios, roata norocului;

(anat.) ball of the knee rotulă;

three (golden) balls firma sau prăvălia unui cămătar.

2. globul pământesc; sfera cerească; corp ceresc.

3. (sport) minge, balon; joc cu mingea (v. football, base ball,

basket ball etc.); lovitură (la fotbal etc.)

good ball o lovitură bună, o minge trasă bine;

(amer. sl.) to carry the ball a proceda activ, a fi activ; a lupta;

(amer. sl.) get on the ball mai repede! mişcă-te!

(amer. fam.) on the ball isteţ. ager, descurcăreţ;

to have the ball at one’s feet a fi stăpân pe situaţie; a avea şanse de reuşită;

the ball is with you e rândul tău;

to keep the ball rolling / up a) a întreţine o conversaţie; b) a continua să facă ceva;

to set the ball rolling a pune treaba pe roate, în mişcare; a deschide conversaţia, jocul etc.;

to catch / to take the ball before the bound a anticipa, a acţiona rapid; (fig.) a prinde mingea din zbor.

4. ghem.

5. glonte, (ist.) ghiulea.

6. (vet.) pilulă mare, hap, doză.

7. (mar.) traversă de punte.

8. chiftea.

ball¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a strânge, a face ghem.

2. (amer.)

to ball up a amesteca, a face talmeş-balmeş.

ball¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (despre lână etc.) a se face ghem.

2. a arunca cu (bulgări de) zăpadă.

ball² substantiv

bal;

to open the ball a) a deschide balul, a face, a conduce primul dans; b) (fig.) a lua iniţiativa, a da drumul (unei acţiuni etc.);

masked ball bal mascat;

fancy ball bal costumat.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The boy ran thither and said: “Give me my ball out.” “Not till you have opened the door for me,” answered the man.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

You would not, for instance, now go to a ball for the world.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

She came here to a Christmas ball and party Mr. Rochester gave.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

The ball, too—such an evening of pleasure before her!

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

In consequence of which,” Mr. Omer shook himself and his chair with laughter at the success of his device, “she and Joram's at a ball.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

As for the Ball of Fire, the false Wizard had hung that also from the ceiling.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

After that it is put outside where it freezes into a little round ball.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

“I met him first at the gasfitters’ ball,” she said.

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

“When is your next ball to be, Lizzy?”

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

One usually does at a ball.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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