LAYING UP

Traducere în limba română

laying up substantiv

1. acumulare, îngrămădire (a unui tezaur).

2. deformare (a unui vas).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

And I've succeeded beyond my hopes, for here you are, a steady, sensible businessman, doing heaps of good with your money, and laying up the blessings of the poor, instead of dollars.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

He was laying up trouble for himself, for lack of food and short tempers went together; but with the boundless faith of youth he persisted in repeating the manoeuvre every little while, though it never succeeded in gaining anything for him but discomfiture.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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