HEAP

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Traducere în limba română

heap I. substantiv

1. grămadă, morman.

2. (fam.) număr sau cantitate mare; masă, mulţime;

heap of people o multime de oameni.

3. plural mult; mulţime;

heaps of times a) adeseori, de multe ori; b) mult, infinit, incomparabil;

he is heaps better se simte mult mai bine.

◊ struck all of a heap uluit.

heap II. verb tranzitiv

1. a îngrămădi.

2. (şi to heap up) a acumula, a aduna.

3. (with) a încărca, a împovăra (cu).

4. a copleşi (pe cineva) (cu favoruri, insulte etc.).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Bear a hand with this! I'm struck of a heap, and can't do it,” he said, impatiently.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

If one of the books made a strike, it might enable him to sell the whole heap of manuscripts.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Mother is so splendid, she'd do you heaps of good, and Beth would sing to you if I begged her to, and Amy would dance.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Across the lower end lay the dense heap of men and horses where the first arrow-storm had burst.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Last of all was a little heap of keys of all sorts and sizes, probably those belonging to the other houses.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

When the hour came round again he went as usual on to the tan-heap in the garden to await the king’s daughter, but he felt even more overcome with weariness than on the two previous days, and throwing himself down, he slept like a log.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

So violently did the Ghost, pitch and toss and tumble that it was impossible for even the sailors to move about without holding on, and several times, after a cry of Now she takes it! we were heaped upon the wall of the port cabins as though it had been the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

If you know your natal chart, look to see if you have any natal planets at 20 degrees (or within five degrees of 20 degrees) in one of these signs: Leo, Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius, as that planet will receive a heap of golden energy.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He was kept busy disposing of his heap of manuscripts.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“And where got you all these pretty things?” asked Hordle John, pointing at the heap in the corner.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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