ISLAND

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Traducere în limba română

island I. substantiv

1. insulă, ostrov.

2. orice lucru asemănător unei insule.

3. şi street island, safety island / refugiu (în stradă) pentru pietoni.

4. (amer.) munte izolat.

5. insulă (de case etc.), grup de clădiri retrase / izolate.

6. (amer. gastr.) floating islands lapte de pasăre.

island II. verb tranzitiv

1. a izola (ca pe o insulă).

2. (rar) a acoperi (un obiect cu pete).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The watch was all forward looking out for the island.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

These islands were silent and white.

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

If we cannot sail away on the Ghost, we may remain for years on the island—for life even.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

6th, He shall be our ally against our enemies in the island of Blefuscu, and do his utmost to destroy their fleet, which is now preparing to invade us.

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

This letter in a degree recalled me to life, and I determined to quit my island at the expiration of two days.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Her hot cheeks cooled a trifle, and she drew a long breath as the pretty glass plates went round, and everyone looked graciously at the little rosy islands floating in a sea of cream.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Since then, the arrival of both humans and invasive predators such as cats and rats on many of the islands drove the birds to develop fear, and fly away at the sight of danger.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

The HISPANIOLA was laid a couple of points nearer the wind and now sailed a course that would just clear the island on the east.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Morning broke, and we looked long in the growing light for our island.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The number of people increased, and, in less than half an hour, the island was moved and raised in such a manner, that the lowest gallery appeared in a parallel of less then a hundred yards distance from the height where I stood.

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

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