CANDLE

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Traducere în limba română

candle I. substantiv

1. lumânare;

to hold a candle to the devil a) a abate pe cineva de la calea cea dreaptă; b) a intra în cârdăşie cu dracul, a te face părtaş cu dracul, a fi părtaş la o ticăloşie / crimă;

to hold a candle to smb. a ajuta pe cineva; a cânta în strună cuiva, a ţine isonul cuiva;

(rar) to hold a candle to the sun a căra apă la puţ, a face un lucru inutil;

(înv.) to let / to sell by inch of candle a vinde ultimele mărfuri;

lighted candle serată;

he cannot hold / show a candle to smb., he is not fit to hold a candle to smb. nu e vrednic nici să-i desfacă şireturile de la ghete / să-i sărute tălpile cuiva.

2. (fiz.) lumânare (internaţională), wat (unitate de intensitate luminoasă).

3. bec cu gaz.

candle II. verb tranzitiv

a căuta / verifica / a controla (ouă) la lumină / la bec.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I kissed her, and went upstairs with my candle directly, before they came in.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I did run; I brought the candle which still remained in the gallery.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

The door of the study was open, and a candle was burning upon the table.

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

She drew a candle from the grub-box and lighted it.

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

No, it was the candle on the side-table that told me.

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

He put on the coffin-lid again, gathered up all his things and placed them in the bag, blew out the light, and placed the candle also in the bag.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

He has a candle in his hand.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She took her candle and looked closely at the cabinet.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

He remained at Hartfield after all the rest, his thoughts full of what he had seen; so full, that when the candles came to assist his observations, he must—yes, he certainly must, as a friend—an anxious friend—give Emma some hint, ask her some question.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

No candle was now wanted.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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