HOUR

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hour substantiv

oră, ceas;

an hour and a half o oră şi jumătate;

after hours după muncă, după orele de muncă; după ce se închid magazinele / localurile;

at an early hour de vreme, de dimineaţă, la o oră matinală;

(prov.) the darkest hour is nearest the dawn după rău vine bine, când e mai rău, atunci binele nu e departe; nu e rău fără bine;

golden hours ceasuri fericite;

(amer. mar.) happy hour ora mesei;

to keep early / good hours a se culca şi a se scula devreme;

the hour and the man o situaţie critică şi omul capabil să-i facă faţă;

to keep late / bad hours a se culca şi a se scula târziu;

to make long hours a munci mult;

to pay by the hour a plăti cu ora;

to walk (at the rate of) five miles an / per hour a merge cu (o viteză de) cinci mile pe oră;

office hours ore de birou;

(tehn.) output per hour randament pe oră;

at an hour’s notice a) cu preaviz de o oră; b) fără preaviz / pe nepregătite; fără o pregătire prealabilă;

to take hours over smth. a avea nevoie de mult timp, a tărăgăna ceasuri întregi pentru a face ceva;

the question of the hour chestiunea zilei, la ordinea de zi;

small hours ore mici / târzii (1, 2 etc. din noapte);

in an evil / ill hour într-un ceas rău;

the eleventh hour ceasul al unsprezecelea, ultimul moment;

what is the hour? cât e ceasul?;

rush hours ore de vârf / de aglomeraţie (la circulaţie);

his hour has come i-a venit ceasul;

trying hour clipe de grea încercare;

(poetic) the witching hour miezul nopţii;

zero hour a) (mil.) ora de atac, ora „h“; b) (fig.) ceas hotărâtor.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Then she was allowed one hour for exercise or play, and didn't she enjoy it?

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

An hour went by, and a second hour.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Spending an hour or two at your doctor’s office once a year might extend your life dramatically, so it’s certainly worth the trip.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He had been asleep four hours.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Turning at the door, my judge said—Let her stand half-an-hour longer on that stool, and let no one speak to her during the remainder of the day.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Charles came a few hours afterwards, to bring a later and more particular account.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

The first signs of damage were observed just 24 hours after of exposure.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

Within an hour we had brought up the rifles and a shot-gun.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When they had walked for two hours, they came to a great stretch of water.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Watson, I fear that you will find it very slow, but I shall only be away a couple of hours.

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

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