BUCKET

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Traducere în limba română

bucket I. substantiv

1. găleată, vadră; cadă; hârdău, ciubăr; saca, găleată de pompier; (mar.) ghiordel;

like buckets in a well bălăbănindu-se într-o parte şi alta (ca găleţile în puţ);

(sl.) to give the bucket a da afară, a concedia, a licenţia;

(sl.) to kick the bucket a da ortul popii;

(fig.) a passive bucket un om ascultător, răbdător;

(fig.) that is a mere drop in the bucket e o picătură / un strop (de apă) în mare.

2. căuş, cerpac; (tehn.) grefier, cupa excavatorului, colivie, vas de extracţie; piston de pompă.

bucket II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a scoate (cu găleata etc.).

2. (sl.) a înşela, a păcăli.

3. (sl.) a goni (calul).

bucket II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (sl.) a galopa.

2. (sport) a vâsli prost.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

—for ’twas the other fellow Smoke sent up in the buckets to the top of the mine; an’ a piece at a time he went up, a leg to-day, an’ to-morrow an arm, the next day the head, an’ so on.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Last night, old Sanna carried so many buckets of water into the house that I asked her why she was doing that, and she said that if I would promise not to tell anyone, and she said that early tomorrow morning when father was out hunting, she would set the kettle full of water, throw you into it and boil you; but we will get up quickly, dress ourselves, and go away together.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Several buckets of water sufficed to put out the burning mattress in the middle of the steerage floor; and ten minutes later, when the smoke had fairly cleared, I allowed Maud to come below.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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