PETER

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peter verb intranzitiv

(mai ales peter out) (despre zăcăminte) a se epuiza; (despre un râu) a seca; a se termina, a se isprăvi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Are you, though!” cried Peters as a woman’s voice and heavy steps sounded in the passage.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“You imagine I am connected with the death of Captain Peter Carey. I assure you that I am innocent.”

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

Here are the clothes, and Peter can leave them when next he comes this way.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When he had satisfied himself on these points of which he had spoken, and I had verified all as well as I could by the books available, he suddenly stood up and said:—"Have you written since your first letter to our friend Mr. Peter Hawkins, or to any other?"

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“I’d be very glad if you could tell me where that lady may be,” Peters answered coolly.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had as much right to it as Peter Carey, anyhow, so I took it with me and left the hut.

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

“Mr. Peters will be with you in an instant,” she said.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Close on the heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of Woodman’s Lee, and the very obscure circumstances which surrounded the death of Captain Peter Carey.

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

“What the devil do you mean? Once again I ask you, where is your warrant?” shouted the furious Peters, his big red face glaring over the farther end of the coffin.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You say I murdered Peter Carey, I say I killed Peter Carey, and there’s all the difference.

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

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