BUTTON

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button I. substantiv

1. nasture, bumb;

a boy in buttons paj; servitor în livrea;

to sew on a button a coase un nasture;

undo this button! desfă / descheie nasturele ăsta!

2. buton;

to press the button a apăsa pe buton.

3. măciulie, vârf.

4. (bot.) boboc de floare.

5. (bot.) ciupercă tânără / nedezvoltată.

6. cocardă publicitară purtată la butonieră.

◊ not to care a (brass) button a-i fi perfect indiferent, a nu-l interesa câtuşi de puţin;

it is not worth a button nu face nici cât o ceapă degerată;

(vulg.) damn / dash my button! la naiba! la dracu!;

(fam.) he is one button short sau (amer. fam.) he has a few buttons missing îi lipseşte o doagă, nu e în toate minţile, e sărit (de pe linie);

(amer. fam.) he has all his button şi e perfect sănătos la cap.

button II. verb tranzitiv

1. a coase nasturi la.

2. a încheia cu nasturi.

3. (mil. sl.) buttoned up totul e gata / în ordine;

(fam.) to button up one's mouth a-şi pune lacăt la gură;

(fam.) to button up one's purse a lega baierile pungii, a se zgârci.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Of course I am!” “I have forgotten,” said Dora, still turning the button round and round, “what relation Agnes is to you, you dear bad boy.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"What are you going to do with yourselves after you get settled?" asked Jo, buttoning Amy's cloak as she used to button her pinafores.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

But dash my buttons!

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

The idea of the will, which would give an obvious motive for the crime, the secret visit unknown to his own parents, the retention of the stick, the blood, and the animal remains and buttons in the wood-pile, all were admirable.

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

“Suppose you had never seen me at all,” said Dora, going to another button.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"I'd wring your neck if you were mine, you old torment," cried Laurie, shaking his fist at the bird, who put his head on one side and gravely croaked, "Allyluyer! bless your buttons, dear!"

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

After another and a final squeeze with both arms, she got down from the cart and ran away; and, my belief is, and has always been, without a solitary button on her gown.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

His clothes were rusty, his hands were large, and he hadn't a really handsome feature in his face, except his beautiful teeth, yet I liked him, for he had a fine head, his linen was very nice, and he looked like a gentleman, though two buttons were off his coat and there was a patch on one shoe.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

His bright buttons, too, were of the largest size.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"I see you're looking at my cuff buttons."

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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