FLUTTER

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Traducere în limba română

flutter I. vb. A. intranzitiv

1. a bate din aripi, a fâlfâi.

2. (despre inimă) a palpita; (despre puls) a bate slab şi neregulat.

3. (şi to flutter about sau to and fro) a flutura, a se mişca în vânt.

4. a se agita, a se vânzoli;

(fig.) to flutter with joy a fremăta de bucurie.

5. a pâlpâi.

6. a merge în zigzag, a descrie un zigzag etc.

flutter I. vb. B. tranzitiv

1. a flutura, a agita (în vânt) (un steag, un evantai, o mână).

2. a tulbura, a agita, a scandaliza;

to flutter the dovecotes a alarma opinia publică;

(sl.) to flutter a judy a se ţine după o fată, a nu da pace unei fete;

(sl.) to flutter smb.’s kidneys a supăra / a scoate din sărite pe cineva.

flutter II. substantiv

1. fluturare din aripi, fâlfâire, fâlfâit; palpitaţie, (a inimii); semn (cu mâna); vibraţie (de elice, cârmă etc.).

2. emoţie, agitaţie febrilă, freamăt, tulburare;

all in a flutter agitat, tulburat;

in a flutter of expectation în emoţia aşteptării;

to fall into a flutter a fi cuprins de tulburare / de freamăt;

to cause a flutter a stârni vâlvă, a face senzaţie;

to put smb. into a flutter a tulbura pe cineva, a alarma pe cineva, a pune pe cineva pe jeratic.

3. (tehn.) oscilaţie sau trepidaţie instabilă.

4. (sl.) lovitură riscată; speculaţie aventuroasă (mai ales la bursă).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

But the change to which I now refer was superadded to this: it was in her manner, which became anxious and fluttered.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

His eyes fluttered and went shut.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Her heart fluttered, her knees trembled, and her cheeks grew pale.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Her mind was in a state of flutter and wonder, which made it impossible for her to be collected.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Her spirits still continued very high; but there was a flutter in them which prevented their giving much pleasure to her sister, and this agitation increased as the evening drew on.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

My dear Jane, I am in such a flutter, that I am sure I can't write; so I will dictate, and you write for me.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Shall I tell you how? asked Mr. Brooke, holding the small hand fast in both his own, and looking down at Meg with so much love in the brown eyes that her heart began to flutter, and she both longed to run away and to stop and listen.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I found this single sheet upon the floor of his room, and I am inclined to think that it may be one of the papers which has, perhaps, fluttered out from among the others, and in that way has escaped destruction.

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

He was greatly fluttered by this unexpected address from a stranger, and replied, in his slow way, “I thank you, sir, you are very good. Thank you, sir. I hope YOU are well.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

They remained but a few minutes together, as Miss Woodhouse must not be kept waiting; and Harriet then came running to her with a smiling face, and in a flutter of spirits, which Miss Woodhouse hoped very soon to compose.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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