BASKET

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Traducere în limba română

basket I. substantiv

1. coş, coşniţă, coşarcă, paporniţă;

to have / put all one’s eggs in one basket a miza totul pe o singură carte;

(amer. glumeţ) as a basket of chips grozav de (frumos etc.), foarte;

(înv.) to go to the basket a nimeri la închisoare.

(înv.) to sneeze into a basket a fi ghilotinat;

the pick of the basket floarea, crema, ceea ce e mai bun;

to be Ieft in the basket a) (despre lucruri) a rămâne nefolosit / neîntrebuinţat; b) (despre persoane) a nu fi ales sau invitat, a rămâne pe dinafară;

to give the basket a refuza, a respinge (cererea în căsătorie).

2. coşul trăsurii.

3. (ist.) locuri exterioare (la vechile diligenţe).

4. nacelă (a balonului).

basket II. verb tranzitiv

(rar) a pune într-un coş.

2. a arunca la coş (hârtie etc.).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

And she handed the basket to the Scarecrow.

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

"All right," he announced, tearing the manuscript into half a dozen pieces and throwing it into the waste-basket.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Mrs. Gummidge, leaning on her basket, made no observation.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Next day the old woman took him to the well, and let him down in a basket.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I think I see you coming in with your basket.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Bundle everything into a basket and send it to the Hummels.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I inquired, as she brought out a basket of the fruit.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

My poor little girl would be sadly disappointed, I know, if the basket was not finished tomorrow, for though I told her it certainly would not, I am sure she depends upon having it done.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Finally she picked up her basket.

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

Dan'l, said Mrs. Gummidge, suddenly deserting her basket, and clinging to his arm my dear Dan'l, the parting words I speak in this house is, I mustn't be left behind.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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