PUSHING

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Traducere în limba română

pushing I. adjectiv

1. întreprinzător, descurcăreţ; răzbătător, energic;

a pushing man un arivist, un ambiţios;

he is a pushing fellow ştie să-şi croiască drum în viaţă.

2. indiscret.

3. obraznic; agresiv.

pushing II. substantiv

1. împingere, împinsătură, brânci;

no pushing! nu împingeţi!

2. activitate comercială.

◊ pushing of oneself arivism;

pushing of oneself forward indiscreţie, inoportunitate.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I would not have given ten maravedi for my head when those children of the devil were pushing us against the wall.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It grew broader, and a woman appeared with a lamp in her hand, which she held above her head, pushing her face forward and peering at us.

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

‘Yes, sir,’ I answered, pushing a chair towards him.

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

My wife came out into the hall as I entered my house; but I was too hurt and angry to speak with her, and pushing past her, I made my way into my study.

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

“And you, my Lord of Pommers,” said Sir Nigel, pushing his way to the front, “it is in my mind that we might break a lance in gentle and honorable debate over the question.”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Colonel Stark went up to her, whispered something in her ear, and then, pushing her back into the room from whence she had come, he walked towards me again with the lamp in his hand.

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

I went in—after making every possible noise in the kitchen short of pushing over the stove—but I don't believe they heard a sound.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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