PENNY

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penny substantiv

1. plural pence (se scrie împreună cu numeralul; elevenpence; presc. de la denarius) penny;

not a penny nici un ban;

a pretty penny o sumă frumuşică;

a thousand pounds is a pretty penny o mie de lire sunt bani nu glumă;

to turn a useful penny (by) a câştiga bine (cu).

2. plural pennies (monedă de un) penny.

3. (pl. pennies) (amer. fam.) (monedă de un) cent;

a penny for your thoughts! de ce stai pe gânduri? la ce to gândeşti?;

a penny soul never came to twopence cu meschinăria nu ajungi departe;

a penny saved is a penny got un ban economisit e un ban câştigat;

in for a penny, in for a pound unde merge mia merge şi suta; ai intrat în horă, trebuie să joci;

take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves de vrei să faci avere strânge ban cu ban;

they haven't a penny to bless themselves with n-au un sfanţ în pungă, n-au nici după ce bea apă, sunt săraci lipiţi pământului;

to look twice at every penny a ţine banul cu dinţii, a se uita şi la un gologan;

to come back like a bad penny (aprox.) de lucrul rău nu scapi;

he's a bad penny e soi rău;

the penny drops a) a căzut banul în automat, automatul s-a declanşat; b) (fig., fam.) a înţeles (gluma etc.), s-a prins; i-a căzut fisa;

nobody was a penny the worse a) asta n-a făcut rau la nimeni; b) toată lumea a scăpat cu bine;

nobody was a penny the better asta n-a slujit nimănui;

I'm not a penny the wiser n-am învăţat nimic din asta;

(fam.) in penny numbers puţin câte puţin;

to earn / to turn an honest penny a câştiga un ban cinstit.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

If you do, not one penny of my money ever goes to you.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Here is a penny; now go!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

As far as two pence will go, however, I shall be right glad to do my part.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When he came to an inn, he halted, ate up all his bread, and gave away his last penny for a glass of beer.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"You haven't a penny, Mart, and that's why you're walkin'. Exercise!"

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

My opinion is she won't stand anything, so here's a penny for you.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Elinor thought she could distinguish a large W in the direction; and no sooner was it complete than Marianne, ringing the bell, requested the footman who answered it to get that letter conveyed for her to the two-penny post.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

A penny cannot feed me, and I have no strength to go farther.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Then the man pitied him, and gave him all he had; and the little dwarf said in return, As you have such a kind honest heart, I will grant you three wishes—one for every penny; so choose whatever you like.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

“It is a long road yet to Brockenhurst,” said Alleyne; “but here is such bread and cheese as I have left, and here, too, is a penny which may help you to supper. May God be with you!”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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