LID

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lid substantiv

1. capac;

(fam.) that puts the lid on it asta le pune capac / le bate pe toate.

2. pleoapă.

3. (amer.) copertă (a unei cărţi legate).

4. (amer.) restricţie, interzicere;

the lid is on gambling jocurile de noroc sunt interzise;

keep the lid on your information nu divulgaţi informaţia dv.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

With a great relief he turned his soul to the screen of torment under his lids.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

At least there would be no lid to the trap.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

He put on the coffin-lid again, gathered up all his things and placed them in the bag, blew out the light, and placed the candle also in the bag.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“Give us time to get the lid off our pepper-box,” said Mendoza.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Holmes turned up the gas and raised the lid.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sherlock Holmes had been leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed and his head sunk in a cushion, but he half opened his lids now and glanced across at his visitor.

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

Yes, my child, said the wife, and she gave her a beautiful apple out of the chest; the chest had a very heavy lid and a large iron lock.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

No sooner did I see that his attention was riveted on them, and that I might gaze without being observed, than my eyes were drawn involuntarily to his face; I could not keep their lids under control: they would rise, and the irids would fix on him.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Always with her, here comes Peggotty, my good old nurse, likewise in spectacles, accustomed to do needle-work at night very close to the lamp, but never sitting down to it without a bit of wax candle, a yard-measure in a little house, and a work-box with a picture of St. Paul's upon the lid.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Arthur looked on, very pale but silent; when the lid was removed he stepped forward.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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