BONE

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bone¹ I. substantiv

1. os, ciolan;

drenched to the bone ud până la oase / piele, ud leoarcă;

the bone of contention mărul discordiei;

to cast (in) a bone between a vârî un fitil între, a semăna discordie între;

to cut to the bone a reduce la minimum (preţuri etc;);

to feel in one's bones a avea o presimţire, a fi aproape sigur;

to make no bones about / of a) a nu se jena să / de, a nu se teme să / de; b) a nu obiecta împotriva (cu gen.);

to make old bones a ajunge la adânci bătrâneţe;

to have a bone to pick with smb. a) a avea o socoteală cu cineva; a avea ceva de împărţit cu cineva; b) (sl.) a fura, a şterpeli, a sfeterisi;

on one's bones la aman, la strâmtoare, pe drojdie.

2. plural schelet, osatură.

3. (fig.) leneş, trântor.

4. plural rămăşiţe pământeşti.

5. (pl.) articole făcute din os, ca: arşice, zaruri, castaniete etc.

6. fus de os.

7. busc, balenă (de corset.)

8. (amer. sl.) dolar.

bone¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a scoate oasele din.

2. a presăra cu făină de oase.

3. (amer. şcol. sl.) to bone a subject a toci, a învăţa pe dinafară.

bone¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

to bone at, to bone upon (amer. şcol. sl.) a toci, a învăţa pe dinafară.

bone² verb tranzitiv

a măsura din ochi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Women with higher levels of triclosan, which has been previously linked to bowel cancer and antibiotic resistance, were more likely to have the bone disease, say researchers.

(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, Editura Global Info)

Tests that examine the blood and bone marrow diagnose ALL.

(Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

"I said then we'd meet again. I felt it in my bones. An' here we are."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Ah, by my finger bones, there is my sweet Mary from the Priory Mill!

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Tut, ’tis but the bone of my leg,” said he, taking his knee between his hands and lifting it round.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

White Fang stood over the shin-bone, bristling and menacing, while Baseek stood a little way off, preparing to retreat.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

It was all bone and muscle.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

She was pleased, but answered, “Tut, Trot; MY old bones would have kept till tomorrow!” and softly patted my hand again, as I sat looking thoughtfully at the fire.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

As Buck watched them, Thornton knelt beside him and with rough, kindly hands searched for broken bones.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

We Transylvanian nobles love not to think that our bones may lie amongst the common dead.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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