BORE

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bore¹ I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. (tehn.) a sfredeli, a găuri, a (per)fora, a aleza.

2. (fig.) a-şi face / a-şi croi (drum) cu greu.

3. (fig.) a plictisi;

he bores me to death mă plictiseşte de moarte.

bore¹ I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se sfredeli.

2. to bore to a răzbate (până) la.

bore¹ II. substantiv

1. gaură făcută cu sfredelul, sfredelitură.

2. (mil. tehn.) calibrul ţevii.

3. (tehn.) alezaj.

4. (mine) gaură de sondă.

5. treabă / muncă / ocupaţie plicticoasă;

what a bore! ce plictiseală!

4. om plicticos;

as big a bore as the Thames tunnel un om din cale afară de plicticos.

bore² substantiv

flux subit şi violent al mării (la gurile înguste de râu).

bore³ past de la bear².

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He now bore off to the right to counteract the possible deviation from his true course.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

I bore the weight of all our little cares, and all my projects; Dora held the pens; and we both felt that our shares were adjusted as the case required.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Many bore huge burdens upon their backs, though what it was that they carried he could not tell at the distance.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And all came to pass as she had said; Heinel bore all, and spoke not a word; and the third night the princess came, and fell on his neck and kissed him.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Heaven forbid! at least, that I should ever bore people half so much about all the Knightleys together, as she does about Jane Fairfax.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

He bore it as long as he could, then went to his piano and began to play.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I am ashamed to think how long I bore with it; but if ever man had reason to believe himself loved, I was that man.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

It is generally allowed to be the greatest bore in the world, and Miss Price has found it so, though she did not know it.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

How the new feeling bore me up!