INCH

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inch¹ substantiv

1. ţol (a 36-a parte dintr-un iard şi a 12-a parte dintr-un picior =2,54 cm);

an inch of rain o cantitate de apă sufictentă pentru a acoperi o suprafaţă până la adâncimea de 1 ţol.

2. plural înălţime, statură;

a man ot your inches un om de înălţimea / de talia d-tale.

3. cantitate mică, distanţă mică, mică măsură;

(în diferite expresii) by inches câte puţin (deodată);

inch by inch (puţin) câte puţin, treptat;

every inch complet, în întregime;

(lit., şi fig.) not to yield an inch a nu ceda nici o palmă;

not to give way an inch a nu da înapoi nici un pas;

(fam.) he couldn't see an inch before him nu vedea la doi paşi înaintea lui; era întuneric de-şi dădea cu degetele în ochi;

to dispute the fight inch by inch a se lupta pentru fiecare palmă de pământ; a se apăra cu îndărjire;

I know every inch of the neighbourhood cunosc toate colţurile regiunii;

we were all within an inch of a fight, eram pe punctul de a ne lua la bătaie, era gata să ne luăm la bătaie;

an inch of cold iron o lovitură de pumnal;

to die by inches a muri încet;

not to see an inch beyond one's nose a nu vedea mai departe de vârful nasului;

within an inch of la un deget de, foarte aproape de;

to beat / thrash smb. within an inch of his life a trage cuiva o bătaie soră cu moartea.

inch² substantiv

(scoţ.). insuliţă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

It was about a foot long, and four inches in diameter.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

I know so much already that if you go one inch off the straight, I’ll blow this police whistle from my window and the affair goes out of my hands forever.

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

Height: 24-28 inches (61-71 cm.) Weight: 75-120 pounds (34-54 kg.)

(Akita, NCI Thesaurus)

The pharynx is about 5 inches long, depending on body size.

(Pharynx, NCI Dictionary)

The current of the river is a slight one, the drop being not greater than eight inches in a mile.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I drew it an inch open, and I might ’ave been at the table with them, I could ’ear every word that clearly.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Nor did I ever have a headache except the time my head was healing after having been laid open for six inches by a capstan-bar.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Mrs. Crupp shook her head in such a determined manner, that I had not an inch of vantage-ground left.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

You see that it is no less than fifteen inches from fore-foot to hind.

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

She had no great talents, no marked traits of character, no peculiar development of feeling or taste which raised her one inch above the ordinary level of childhood; but neither had she any deficiency or vice which sunk her below it.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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