BOOT

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boot¹ I. substantiv

1. gheată, bocanc, botină;

high / riding boot cizmă (de călărie), ciubotă;

boot and saddle semnal de trompetă la cavalerie pentru urcarea în şea;

the boot is on the other side / leg a) s-au schimbat lucrurile, e alta situaţia (acum); b) altul poartă răspunderea;

to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on a) a muri subit, a nu muri de moarte bună; b) a muri la datorie / post;

(fam.) to get (the order of) the boot a fi dat afară, a primi paşaportul;

(fam.) to move / start one's boots a se urni din loc, a (o) porni la drum;

to have one's heart in one's boots a muri de frică, a i se face inima cât un purice.

2. plural (sport) ghete de fotbal.

3. (ist.) obezi (instrumente de tortură).

4. burduf (de trăsură).

boot¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a lovi cu cizma.

2. (fam.) a da afară, a concedia.

3. to boot out / round a izgoni, a da afară.

boot¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

a-şi încălţa ghetele, a-şi pune ghetele.

boot² I. substantiv

(înv.) folos, câştig, profit;

to boot ca adaos, în plus, pe deasupra;

to no boot zadarnic, degeaba, inutil.

boot² II. verb tranzitiv

(înv.) a ajuta, a fi de ajutor (cuiva);

what boots it? la ce bun? la ce foloseşte? ce rost / sens are?

boot² III. verb intranzitiv

a folosi;

it boots not n-are rost, n-are nici o noimă, e zadarnic / inutil.

boot³ substantiv

(amer. mil. fam.) boboc, răcan, recrut.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I took off my boots, and ventured out on the desperate way.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

He next asked for the boots also; and the moment he had all three in his power, he wished himself at the Golden Mountain; and there he was at once.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I have no relief but in putting on my best clothes, and having my boots cleaned over and over again.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Her boots I didn’t observe.

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

In fact, I was aware of nothing till I awoke, how long after I could not imagine, in my bunk with my boots off.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But the boots and the bath?

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"It's a mercy you didn't, Mother!" laughed Jo, looking at her boots.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

It boots not what he said.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the feet were some old boots with blue tops, such as every man wore in this country, and the figure was raised above the stalks of corn by means of the pole stuck up its back.

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

“I am good for nothing,” said she, “but to be scullion-girl, and to have boots and shoes thrown at my head.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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