BOOK

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book I. substantiv

1. carte, volum, cărţulie, broşură;

book in boards volum cartonat;

bound book volum legat;

second-hand book a) carte veche (de anticariat); b) (fig.) carte de mâna a doua;

stitched book volum broşat;

book of reference ghid, carte de consultare;

book with prints volum ilustrat;

by (the) book ca la carte, cum scrie la carte, după tipic;

dealer in second-hand books anticar;

to be at one's books a studia, a învăţa;

to cut open a book a tăia o carte / foile unei cărţi;

to dip into / glance over / skim through a book a frunzări / a răsfoi o carte;

to forswear one's book a renunţa la studii, a nu mai învăţa;

to know like a book a şti precis;

to know off book a şti pe de rost / pe dinafară;

(sl.) to know one's books a se pricepe;

to mind one's books a studia cu atenţie / sârguitor;

to pore over one's books to stick to one's books; (amer. fam.) to hit the books a studia cu atenţie; a sta cu nasul în cărţi; a buchisi, a toci;

to read a book through a citi o carte (din scoarţă în scoarţă);

to speak like a book a vorbi ca din carte;

the book fell flat on the market cartea nu a avut nici un succes de librărie;

to take a leaf out of smb's book a imita pe cineva;

to be in smb.'s good books a fi bine văzut de cineva;

to be in smb.'s bad / black books a fi prost văzut de cineva, a fi pe lista neagră a cuiva.

2. the Book biblia.

3. carte (ca diviziune a unei lucrări literare); cânt, canto.

4. text, libret (de operă).

5. caiet; bloc, carnet.

6. (ec.) registru;

to call / bring to book a cere socoteală, a trage la răspundere;

to keep the books a ţine contabilitatea;

does that suit your book? vă convine? vă aranjează? intră în planurile dv.?

7. listă, tabel;

to be on the books a fi (trecut) pe listă.

8. primele şase poturi ale uneia din părţi (la whist).

9. (înv.) document, uric, hrisov.

book II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a trece într-o carte sau într-un registru; a înregistra.

2. a comanda;

we are heavily booked avem multe comenzi de onorat.

3. a lua sau a elibera bilete pentru / la;

all (the) seats are booked (up) toate locurile sunt vândute.

4. a invita, a pofti, a angaja (un actor, un orator);

I shall book you for Friday evening te poftesc / aştept vineri seara;

I'm booked (up) for this evening deseară sunt prins / reţinut (în altă parte), mi-am aranjat alt program pentru deseară.

5. pas. (fam.) a o păţi, a se prinde.

6. to book in a ponta (un salariat) la venire.

7. to book off / out a ponta (un salariat) la plecare.

book II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. to book in a semna (în condică) la venire, a ponta la sosire.

2. to book off / out a semna (în condică) la plecare, a ponta la plecare.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

There upon a shelf was the row of formidable scrap-books and books of reference which many of our fellow-citizens would have been so glad to burn.

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

Holmes turned over the leaves of the book upon his knee.

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

Beside him stood a smart-looking police-inspector, who was taking notes in a pocket-book.

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

There was absolutely nothing in the room, book, newspaper, or even writing materials; so I opened another door in the room and found a sort of library.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Of all my books, I like this the best.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“There you have it, Hump,” he said, closing the book upon his finger and looking up at me.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I’ll take that book and pack it with the rest.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You drew back and came forward with your eyes upon my book there, like the mouse who sniffs the cheese and yet dreads the trap.”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Not it. It don't bind no more'n a ballad-book.”