BIT

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bit¹ substantiv

1. bucată; fărâmă, frântură; părticică, cantitate mică;

a bit puţin, ceva;

bit by bit puţin câte puţin;

wait a bit aşteaptă puţin;

he is a bit of a coward este cam laş / cam fricos;

every bit a) întocmai; b) complet, în întregime;

not a bitcâtuşi de puţin;

to give smb. a bit of one’s mind a-i spune cuiva verde, în faţă, ce gândeşti;

(fig.) a bitter bit pilulă amară;

(fam.) a bit ago mai adineaori, acum câteva clipe;

(scoţ.) at the bit într-o clipită;

a bit older ceva mai în vârstă;

to tear to bits a rupe în bucăţi;

a tiny bit o bucăţică mică;

(sl.) bit of blood cal pur sânge;

(fam.) a bit of a boy un prichindel, un năpârstoc;

(fam.) we had a bit of smth. to eat am luat cu noi câte ceva de-ale gurii;

bit of thread capăt de aţă;

(înv.) at bits and starts în răstimpuri, când şi când; neregulat;

(fam.) a bit of all right a) tocmai ceea ce trebuie; omul potrivit; b) foarte gustos, să-ţi lingi degetele, nu alta;

(fig.) a bit of blue sky o rază de speranţă;

a bit of cavalry cal de călărie;

(teatru fam.) a bit of fat replici suculente / de succes (ale unui rol);

(pop.) a bit of fluff / muslin / stuff fată, femeie tânără;

(fam.) a bit off (one's head) sărit, ţicnit, scrântit;

(fam.) a bit on cu chef, băut;

(fam.) the deuce / devil a bit nici un pic, pe naiba;

(fam.) a little bit of a place un locşor;

he is a bit long in the tooth nu mai este copil (de mult);

to do one's bit a-şi face datoria; a-şi aduce contribuţia.

2. monedă mică; (amer.) short bit v. dime (1).

bit² I. substantiv

1. zăbală;

to draw bit a) a opri calul, a trage hăţurile; b) (fig.) a încetini mersul;

to take the bit between / in one's teeth a) a muşca zăbala, a lua frâul în dinţi; b) (fig.) a-şi da drumul;

at full bit liber, nestânjenit.

2. tăiş; ascuţiş; vârf de sfredel.

3. floarea cheii.

bit² II. verb tranzitiv

a pune zăbala (unui cal); (fig.) a înfrâna.

bit³ past şi part. trec. de la bite¹ (I).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"And yet I am not a bit more eligible now than I was when she broke our engagement," he meditated.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

You’ll enjoy the evening quite a bit, whether you are attached or dating.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

“You forget,” I replied. You are no longer the biggest bit of the ferment.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Things went on much as before, but after a time I began to find that there was a bit of a change in Mary herself.

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

The first fellow was a bit too active, but the second was caught by the under-gardener, and only got away after a struggle.

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

"He isn't heavy a bit," said Dorothy eagerly, "for he is stuffed with straw; and if you will bring him back to us, we shall thank you ever and ever so much."

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

We're near the bit now, and she's too much way on her.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

I was but thinking how I bit into his hand.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She’s taken a kind of a fancy to you, Jim, and maybe she can help you on a bit.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shook my head, and said, “Not a bit.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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