GLASS

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glass I. substantiv

1. sticlă.

2. (fam) vas(e) de sticlă, sticlărie

3. pahar, cupă;

he has taken a glass too much s-a cam întrecut cu băutura, a luat un pahar mai mult;

to call for glasses all round a comanda un rând (de băutură) pentru toată lumea;

to clink a glass together a ciocni împreună, a bea unul cu altul.

4. (fam.) (şi looking glass) oglindă.

5. lunetă, ochian, telescop.

6. pl. (şi a pair of glasses) ochelari.

7. (şi weather glass) barometru.

8. sticlă de ceas.

9. lentilă.

10. seră.

11. sticlă, geam (la un tablou).

12. microscop.

13. binoclu.

14. ceas de nisip sau de apă, clepsidră.

15. musical glasses armonică.

glass II. adjectiv

de sticlă, ca sticla, sticlos.

glass III. verb tranzitiv

1. (rar) a acoperi cu sticlă.

2. a lustrui,

3. (fam.) a privi prin lornietă.

4. a răsădi în seră.

5. a reflecta, a oglindi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Holmes took the glasses in his hand.

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

Meantime the queen went home to her glass, and shook with rage when she read the very same answer as before; and she said, “Snowdrop shall die, if it cost me my life.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"You fool!" he cried at his image in the looking-glass.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I sprang up and stood beside him on the rock; he handed me his glasses and pointed.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

By eleven o’clock the sea had become glass.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“This glass has seen some strange things, sir,” whispered Poole.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Well, maybe we'd been taking a glass, and a song to help it round. I won't say no.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

I could arrange a looking-glass, maybe, and if you were behind the door—

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Fill up ’is glass,” said Warr.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars.

(NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars, NASA)

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