CROW

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Traducere în limba română

crow I. substantiv

1. cioară, corb;

as the crow flies în linie dreaptă, pe drumul cel mai scurt;

(amer. sl.) to eat (boiled) crow a) a înghiţi hapul, a fi silit la un lucru extrem de neplăcut sau înjositor; şi bea Grigore aghiasmă; b) a se supune, a se resemna, a se recunoaşte învins, a se da bătut;

to have a crow to pick/ to pluck with smb. a avea o răfuială cu cineva;

(prov.) crows do not pick crow's eyes corb la corb nu-şi scoate ochii;

Jim Crow a) poreclă dată negrilor de rasiştii americani; b) (fig.) discriminare / segregaţie / persecuţie rasială, rasism, izolare a negrilor, măsuri rasiste îndreptate împotriva negrilor; segregaţionism;

white crow corb alb, pasăre rară; fenomen rar.

2. cântatul cocoşului.

3. strigăt de bucurie al unui copil.

crow II. verb past. crowed sau crew A. intranzitiv

1. a cânta cucurigu, a cucuriga.

2. (despre copii) a scoate ţipete de bucurie, a jubila.

3. to crow over a triumfa asupra (cuiva).

crow II. verb past. crowed sau crew B. tranzitiv

1. (despre cocoş) a cânta (cucurigu).

2. (despre copii) a scoate strigăte (de bucurie); a-şi manifesta (bucuria).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The ship proved to be a good ship, the crew were capable seamen, and the captain thoroughly understood his business.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

“If our five boats do as well as you and I have done, we’ll have a pretty full crew,” Wolf Larsen said to me.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The wild crows flew in one great flock toward Dorothy and her companions.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

But the greatest part of the day I confined myself to my cabin, to avoid seeing any of the crew.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

I must have a word with you ere you crow so loudly.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Early this morning, one crew took us for a Government boat, and treated us accordingly.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The two mates had both been seized by the crew, and the whole business seemed to be settled.

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

There is one cock who gets upon a post to crow, and seems to take particular notice of me as I look at him through the kitchen window, who makes me shiver, he is so fierce.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

All your client wants to know is how long the job will take, how large a crew you will need to get it done, what date you think you can deliver, and how much it will cost.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

'This fellow will scare the crows fast enough,' said the farmer.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

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