HIGH

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high I. adjectiv

1. (despre statură, loc geografic etc.) înalt, ridicat; (despre poziţie, rang, demnitate) important, superior, suprem;

high quality calitate superioară.

2. intens, puternic;

high wind vânt puternic.

3. eminent, distins, excelent, admirabil.

4. pompos, luxos, bogat, îmbelşugat, abundent;

high feeding masă abundentă / îmbelşugată / copioasă;

high living viaţă bogată / îmbelşugată.

5. (despre anotimp) în plină desfăşurare, în toi.

6. scump;

wheat is high grâul e scump.

7. (despre glas) înalt, strident, ţipător, ţiuitor.

8. (fon.) înalt, ridicat.

9. (despre carne) alterat, fezandat, cu miros tare.

10. (fig.) cu conţinut înalt, elevat; pretenţios.

11. orgolios, încrezut, cu nasul pe sus, mofturos.

12. exaltat, în stare de emoţie intensă.

13. (sl.) beat, cherchelit, afumat.

◊ high and dry a) (despre un vas) eşuat pe uscat; b) (fig.) în siguranţă, teafăr; c) (fig.) pe linie moartă;

high and low bogat şi sărac;

high and mighty grozav, arogant, trufaş, mândru, orgolios;

it is high time e târziu, nu e timp de pierdut, e urgent;

it is high time we went e (de mult) timpul să plecăm;

(fam.) to have a high old time a se înveseli, a se distra, a petrece bine.

high II. adverb

1. sus (şi fig.) to aim high a ţinti departe.

2. tare, puternic;

the wind blows high vântul bate cu putere.

◊ high and low peste tot, în tot locul;

to live high a trăi luxos / pe picior mare;

to play high a juca tare, a face un joc mare;

(despre mare) to run high a se ridica, a se umfla, a se agita;

passions run high pasiunile se aprind.

high III. substantiv

1. (amer.) culme, punct culminant, maximum;

to be in / at the high of a fi în culmea (cu gen);

(rar) from (on) high de sus, din cer(uri);

on high sus; pe cer.

2. (fam.) record; punctul cel mai înalt, culme.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

There is a high gale in that sky, and on this hill-top.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

But there was a higher and subtler chemistry of Nature, which, working with great forces over long epochs, might well produce results which were impossible for us.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Henrietta was perhaps the prettiest, Louisa had the higher spirits; and she knew not now, whether the more gentle or the more lively character were most likely to attract him.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I am higher in the school, and no one breaks my peace.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Martin had ascended from pitch to pitch of intellectual living, and here he was at a higher pitch than ever.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Both are high energy planets that bring passion, courage, and drive.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

You can do better than this, Jo. Aim at the highest, and never mind the money.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

He has a high opinion of you and thought that you were the one man in London who could help him.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When they left the high road for the lane to Hunsford, every eye was in search of the Parsonage, and every turning expected to bring it in view.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Five grown men, and three of them—Trelawney, Redruth, and the captain—over six feet high, was already more than she was meant to carry.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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