HANGING

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hanging substantiv

1. agăţare, atârnare; spânzurare.

2. plural draperii, tablouri.

◊ hanging committee juriu, comisie de selecţie (a tablourilor pentru o expoziţie);

a hanging matter afacere gravă (care miroase a spânzurătoare, care se poate termina printr-o condamnare la moarte).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The girl looked up and saw that the voice came from a bird hanging in a cage on the wall.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Her hand passed softly before my lips while I was yet speaking, and in a moment she had met her father at the door of the room, and was hanging on his shoulder.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The bull-dog had managed to roll him over on his back, and still hanging on to his throat, was on top of him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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)

You seem to be hanging in the wind a long time.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“From what I hear, you thought little enough of hanging others.”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When the maid entered, about seven, there the unfortunate fellow was hanging in the middle of the room.

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

The small boy brought round a small thin volume and a great greasy-backed one, laying them out together beneath the hanging lamp.

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

The stranger kept hanging about just inside the inn door, peering round the corner like a cat waiting for a mouse.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

He could see that Ruth was hanging eagerly upon his answer.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

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