LADDER

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ladder I. substantiv

1. scară (mobilă);

the social ladder scara socială;

to kick one's friends down the ladder a întoarce spatele celor ce te-au ajutat să răzbeşti în viaţă;

to see through a ladder a vedea ceea ce vede toată lumea, a vedea ce e limpede pentru toţi;

to bring to the ladder a conduce la spânzurătoare;

(fam.) to mount the ladder, to go up the ladder to rest a fi spânzurat.

2. (fig.) gradaţie, scară gradată.

3. (mine) coborâre (în mină).

4. (la ciorapii de mătase) fire deşirate;

to mend ladders in a stocking a remaia un ciorap.

ladder II. verb A. tranzitiv

a pune scări la (un eşafod etc.).

ladder II. verb B. intranzitiv

(despre ciorapi) a se deşira.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

We sprang together for the ladder, but I raced past her to the deck.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“But it is impossible,” said Miss Hunter; “the ladder was not there when the Rucastles went away.”

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

"I will make a ladder," said the Tin Woodman, "for we certainly must climb over the wall."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Keep the faith that you are heading up the ladder of success.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He went to the tower in which his mother was confined, and as it was so high, he wished for a ladder which would reach up to the very top. Then he mounted up and looked inside, and cried: Beloved mother, Lady Queen, are you still alive, or are you dead?

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

It was reckoned that above a hundred thousand inhabitants came out of the town upon the same errand; and, in spite of my guards, I believe there could not be fewer than ten thousand at several times, who mounted my body by the help of ladders.

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

After a time the ladder was finished.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

“I tell yer, he’s all right,” I could hear Leach saying as I went up the ladder.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The Scarecrow waked Dorothy and the Lion and Toto, and told them that the ladder was ready.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

No man less than a giant could have done what he did, once he had gained the foot of the ladder.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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