CURTAIN

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curtain I. substantiv

1. perdea; draperie; (teatru) cortină;

the curtain falls cortina cade, reprezentaţia se sfârşeşte;

to lift the curtain a) a ridica cortina; b) (fig.) a ridica perdeaua/ cortina/ vălul, a da în vileag fapte necunoscute;

(fig.) behind the curtain între culise, în taină, în secret, pe ascuns.

2. (mil.) perdea.

3. (fortificaţii) curtină.

4. (tehn.) diafragmă; ecran.

curtain II. verb tranzitiv

1. a perdelui, a învălui, a acoperi cu o perdea; a lăsa perdeaua sau perdelele la (fereastră).

2. to curtain off a despărţi prin perdele.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

We'll never draw that curtain any more, and I give you leave to look as much as you like.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She was engaged at the moment in hanging some curtains in the upstairs front bedroom.

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

Did you ever hear of a dog running up a curtain?

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

Why, my dear boy, she's behind the window curtain!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I followed, taking care to stand on one side, so that, screened by the curtain, I could see without being seen.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

The very curtains of her bed seemed at one moment in motion, and at another the lock of her door was agitated, as if by the attempt of somebody to enter.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

So the curtain falls upon Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

As I approached the window, which is covered with thick curtains, I suddenly felt the wind blow upon my face and realized that it was open.

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

Because it ran up the curtain.

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

I let Mrs. Fairfax precede me into the dining-room, and kept in her shade as we crossed that apartment; and, passing the arch, whose curtain was now dropped, entered the elegant recess beyond.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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