BUSTLE

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Traducere în limba română

bustle¹ I. verb A. tranzitiv

a grăbi, a iuţi, a zori, a îndemna.

bustle¹ I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (şi to bustle about / along) a se mişca de colo până colo, a se agita, a nu-şi găsi astâmpăr; a se afla în treabă.

2. a se grăbi.

3. to bustle through a crowd a-şi face loc prin mulţime.

bustle¹ II. substantiv

agitaţie, freamăt, mişcare, zarvă.

bustle¹ III. interjecție

mai repede! mişcă!

bustle² substantiv

turnură (la rochie).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He was rattled and bustled by meeting this other fellow.

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

Everything seemed very strange when they went down, so dim and still outside, so full of light and bustle within.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"I'll see it carried into your room," she said, and bustled out.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

And then suddenly there was a bustle at the door.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Meanwhile there had been bustle and preparation in all parts of the great vessel.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a bustle on her approach; a good deal of moving and talking.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Well, remember that it is not my fault, if we set all the old ladies in Bath in a bustle.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Not long after this there was a great bustle in the country; for the king’s daughter had been carried off by a mighty dragon, and the king mourned over his loss day and night, and made it known that whoever brought her back to him should have her for a wife.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

In a few minutes, however, Marianne was recovered enough to put an end to the bustle, and sit down among the rest; though her spirits retained the impression of what had passed, the whole evening.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

There is nothing very striking in Mr. Rushworth's manners, but I was pleased last night with what appeared to be his opinion on one subject: his decided preference of a quiet family party to the bustle and confusion of acting.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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