CHIN

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Traducere în limba română

chin I. substantiv

(anat.) bărbie;

up to the chin a) până în gât, până peste urechi / cap; b) adâncit, absorbit, care nu-şi mai vede capul de atâta treabă;

to take things on the chin a înfrunta bărbăteşte o situaţie, a o lua pieptiş / în piept, a nu-şi pierde cumpătul;

(fam.) keep your chin up! fruntea sus! nu te lăsa!

to wag one’s chin a se umfla în pene, a se fuduli, a se grozăvi.

chin II. verb A. intranzitiv

(amer. sl.) a trăncăni, a vorbi ca o moară stricată, a nu-i mai tăcea fleanca, a da cu fleanca, a trăncăni.

chin II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. (fam.) a duce la bărbie (vioara etc.)

2. (amer. sl.) a ţine de nasture / de bumb / vorbă, a nu slăbi (pe cineva).

chin II. verb C. reflexiv

(şi to chin oneself up) (sport) a se ridica în mâini (la bare).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Mr. Micawber then smiled, settled his chin again, and looked about him.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“I can scarce tell you,” said he, sitting down on the side of the couch, and resting his chin upon his hand.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I waited, expecting he would say something I could at least comprehend; but his hand was now at his chin, his finger on his lip: he was thinking.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

His chin fell forward on his chest.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

And now, Dr. Huxtable, when you have consumed that milk, you will kindly tell me what has happened, when it happened, how it happened, and, finally, what Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, of the Priory School, near Mackleton, has to do with the matter, and why he comes three days after an event—the state of your chin gives the date—to ask for my humble services.

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

This was startling, and, coming on the top of so many strange things, was beginning to increase that vague feeling of uneasiness which I always have when the Count is near; but at the instant I saw that the cut had bled a little, and the blood was trickling over my chin.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“Well, sir,” said Mr. Omer, removing his pipe, that he might rub his chin: “I tell you truly, I shall be glad when her marriage has taken place.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Sir Nigel sat with elbows upon knees, and chin upon hands, his patch still covering one eye, but his other shining like a star, while the ruddy light gleamed upon his smooth white head.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her hair, which was grey, was arranged in two plain divisions, under what I believe would be called a mob-cap; I mean a cap, much more common then than now, with side-pieces fastening under the chin.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

For me, I have played the old game of war since ever I had hair on my chin, and I have seen ten thousand brave men in one day with their faces to the sky, but I swear by Him who made me that I cannot abide the work of the butcher.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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