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GRANDMOTHER
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Traducere în limba română
grandmother I. substantiv
bunică;
(fam.) (go and) tell that your grandmother asta să i-o spui lui mutu;
(prov.) don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs a ajuns oul mai cuminte decât găina; (v. şi grannie 1);
to beat my grandmother întrece toate aşteptările;
(amer. sl.) to shoot one’s grandmother a nimeri cu oiştea-n gard.
grandmother II. verb tranzitiv
(fam.) a îngriji, a alinta, a cocoli (ca pe un copil mic).
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
“But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!” she said.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
But, grandmother, what large hands you have!
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Soon afterwards the wolf knocked, and cried: “Open the door, grandmother, I am Little Red-Cap, and am bringing you some cakes.”
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
But the grandmother saw what was in his thoughts.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
“Well,” said the grandmother, “we will shut the door, that he may not come in.”
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Oh! but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Red-Cap, however, was on her guard, and went straight forward on her way, and told her grandmother that she had met the wolf, and that he had said good morning to her, but with such a wicked look in his eyes, that if they had not been on the public road she was certain he would have eaten her up.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
She was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself: Oh dear! how uneasy I feel today, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
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