HILL

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Traducere în limba română

hill I. substantiv

1. colină, deal, movilă, colnic, măgură; înălţime muntoasă; munte;

(anglo-indian) in the hills (în vilegiatură) la munte;

(mil. sl.) to go over the hill a dezerta;

(amer. fam.) hill of beans un fleac, mult zgomot pentru nimic, un (lucru de) nimic;

it isn’t worth a hill of beans nu face nici cât o ceapă degerată;

up hill and down dale a) prin munţi şi văi; b) (fig.) încotro-l duc ochii, la întâmplare; c) (fig.) de mama focului; de toţi sfinţii; în lege.

2. grămadă, morman, muşuroi; moviliţă.

3. (mil., top.) cotă;

hill 144 cota 144.

4. pantă; urcuş; coborâş, povârniş.

hill II. verb tranzitiv

1. a grămădi, a face grămadă sau grămezi.

2. (şi to hill up) a muşuroi (o plantă).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Inspector Hill knew him the moment he caught sight of him.

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

They climbed a slight hill and came out into an open space among the trees.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

They were going out for a ride into the hills Sunday morning on their wheels, which did not interest Martin until he learned that Ruth, too, rode a wheel and was going along.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Yes, coming down-hill; it slipped on some ice.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It's as old as the hills.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

But there is a hill in the centre of the gorge on which we might take our stand.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There they are, nephew! On the brow of the hill!”

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, they all set out on their journey together, and came at last to an ant-hill.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

And when we got to the bottom of Sandcroft Hill, what do you think I did?