DUMB

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dumb I. adjectiv

1. mut, afon, fără glas;

deaf and dumb surdo-mut;

born dumb mut din naştere;

dumb animals dobitoace necuvântătoare;

this piano has several dumb notes acest pian are câteva clape stricate;

to strike smb. dumb a) a amuţi pe cineva; b) (fig.) a ului pe cineva, a-l lăsa cu gura căscată.

2. taciturn, posac, tăcut;

a dumb dog un individ taciturn.

3. (amer.) prost, tâmpit;

I’m not that dumb nu sunt chiar atât de tâmpit cum crezi.

dumb II. verb A. tranzitiv

a reduce la tăcere, a face să amuţească.

dumb II. verb B. intranzitiv

a amuţi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

You are dumb, Miss Eyre.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

When there was nothing more to be got out of me about myself (for on the Murdstone and Grinby life, and on my journey, I was dumb), they began about Mr. Wickfield and Agnes.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I was dumb still.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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