BIG

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big I. adjectiv

1. mare; gros; înalt; larg; masiv, puternic; cu multă forţă;

a big man un om solid; cogeamite bărbat;

a big boy un băiat mare;

(fam.) too big for one's boots încrezut, umflat în pene, care nu-şi mai încape în piele.

2. adult, vârstnic, major.

3. (şi big with child) însărcinată, borţoasă;

big with young cu pui.

4. big with încărcat de, bogat în, plin cu / de;

big with news încărcat / plin cu noutăţi / de veşti;

an age big with events secol plin de evenimente.

5. important, însemnat;

to look big a avea o înfăţişare gravă, a fi cu morgă, fălos, a-şi da aere.

6. lăudăros, îngâmfat, mândru.

7. măreţ, mândru, falnic.

8. extins, întins. ◊

(fam.) his big brother fratele său cel mai mare.

big II. adverb

to talk big a se lăuda, a se făli.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

March 20 will be an even bigger day for home and family-related matters, for on that day, Mars will dock with Jupiter in perfect conjunction, setting off a brilliant day for these matters.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He regarded it as the biggest thing he had ever achieved.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

He had one big brown bag with him—nothing else.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is the house, this big one in its own grounds.

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

“But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!” she said.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

The discovery came as a big surprise.

(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, Editura Global Info)

But space debris does not have to be big to cause damage.

(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)

"If he wasn't so big and heavy I would get him for you," remarked the Stork.

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

It takes only a tiny amount to cause big changes in cells or even your whole body.

(Hormones, NIH)

A prefix meaning very large or big in scale or scope or capability.

(Macro, NCI Thesaurus)

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