BREAD

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Traducere în limba română

bread I. substantiv

1. pâine;

a loaf of bread o pâine;

bread and butter a) pâine cu unt; b) (fig.) o bucată de pâine, mijloace de existenţă;

a slice of bread and butter o felie de pâine cu unt;

to make one's bread a câştiga o bucată de pâine, a-şi câştiga existenţa;

to have one's bread buttered on both sides; a) a avea foarte mult noroc. b) a-şi îngădui un lux inutil; c) a folosi orice ocazie pentru satisfacerea propriilor interese;

to break bread with smb. a împărţi pâinea (pe din două) cu cineva;

(prov.) all bread is not baked in one oven sunt oameni şi oameni, nu toţi oamenii sunt la fel;

(fam.) as I live by bread! pe cuvânt de onoare, pe legea mea;

brown bread a) pâine din făină necernută (în Anglia); b) pâine neagră, din făină de grâu sau secară amestecată cu făină de porumb adesea îndulcită (în S.U.A.);

house hold bread pâine de casă;

leavened bread pâine dospită;

unleavened bread azimă;

(înv.) to eat / to take bread and salt a jura solemn;

to eat smb's bread and salt a fi oaspetele cuiva;

daily bread pâinea cea de toate zilele, pâinea zilnică;

to have one's bread buttered for life a-şi avea existenţa asigurată, a o duce bine;

to know on which side one's bread is buttered a-şi cunoaşte (bine) interesele, a nu ceda nimic de la el; a şti din ce parte bate vântul;

to quarrel with one's bread and butter a renunţa la preocuparea / slujba etc. de pe urma căreia îţi câştigi existenţa;

(fig.) to take the bread out of smb.'s mouth a lua pâinea de la gura cuiva.

2. (fig.) hrană, mâncare, alimente, de-ale gurii; merinde;

bread and cheese mâncare sărăcăcioasă sau proaspătă.

bread II. verb tranzitiv

1. a hrăni.

2. a găti cu pesmet, a face “pané”.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I am contented with anything, replied the husband, so far as I am concerned, bread and cheese will do, and looked at the peasant and said: Come and eat some more with me.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I say, isn't bread 'riz' enough when it runs over the pans?

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She and Toto ate the last of their bread, and now she did not know what they would do for breakfast.

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

As I buttered a piece of bread my eyes chanced to rest upon my hand.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Then this house does not belong to that tall lady who wears a watch, and who said we were to have some bread and cheese?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Dried fruits were less expensive than fresh, and he had usually a pot of them, cooked and ready at hand, for they took the place of butter on his bread.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“It is a long road yet to Brockenhurst,” said Alleyne; “but here is such bread and cheese as I have left, and here, too, is a penny which may help you to supper. May God be with you!”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This word I pronounced two or three times; for although I had refused them at first, yet, upon second thoughts, I considered that I could contrive to make of them a kind of bread, which might be sufficient, with milk, to keep me alive, till I could make my escape to some other country, and to creatures of my own species.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

When Walt Irvine went down to inspect the intruder, he was snarled at for his pains, and Madge likewise was snarled at when she went down to present, as a peace-offering, a large pan of bread and milk.

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

They ate the dry bread together; and Frederick said, Kate, I hope you locked the door safe when you came away.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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