CLASP

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Traducere în limba română

clasp I. substantiv

1. cataramă; agrafă, clips, copcă, încheietoare.

2. strângere de mână; îmbrăţişare.

3. (tehn.) cârlig, clemă, cinghel, scoabă; târnăcop.

4. (poligr.) agrafă.

clasp II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a închide, a prinde în copci.

2. a presa, a apăsa; a îmbrăţişa;

to clasp in one’s arms a strânge în braţe;

to clasp smb.’s hand a strânge mâna cuiva;

to clasp hands a) a se lua de mână, a-şi împleti degetele; b) (fig.) a se solidariza.

3. (tehn.) a fixa cu scoabe; a strânge.

clasp II. verb B. intranzitiv

(despre plante agăţătoare) a se încolăci.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"For dear Lucy's sake," I said as we clasped hands.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I clasped his hand in silence, and the die was cast.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The old fellow clasped our hands, each in turn, while his men cheered louder than ever.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No! no!” cried Emily, clasping her hands together.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It is a dream; such dreams as I have had at night when I have clasped her once more to my heart, as I do now; and kissed her, as thus—and felt that she loved me, and trusted that she would not leave me.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I could only clasp her hand. I could not speak; my emotion was too great for even the relief of tears.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

She raised her eyes, and clasped her hands, and looked as beautiful and true, I thought, as any Spirit.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And I clasped my arms closer round Helen; she seemed dearer to me than ever; I felt as if I could not let her go; I lay with my face hidden on her neck.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Her hands were clasped upon my shoulder, and her chin rested on them, and her blue eyes looked quietly into mine.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And clasped in my arms as she had never been, as I had thought she never was to be!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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