SHOULDER

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shoulder I. substantiv

1. umăr;

shoulder to shoulder umăr la umăr;

old head on young shoulders tânăr înţelept / cu mintea coaptă;

to lay the blame on the right shoulders a da vina pe cel vinovat;

to put / to set one’s shoulder to the wheel a pune umărul, a ajuta;

to rub shoulder with smb. a lucra mână în mână cu cineva;

(despre o lovitură, o insultă etc.) straight from the shoulder direct, frontal;

to give the cold shoulder to smb. a fi rece cu cineva.

2. umăr (pentru haine).

shoulder II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a împinge cu umărul, a da la o parte cu umărul;

to shoulder one’s way a-şi croi drum.

2. a pune (o armă etc.) pe umăr.

3. (fig.) a lua în spinare (o vină), a asuma (o răspundere).

shoulder II. verb B. intranzitiv

a-şi croi drum cu umerii.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Mr. Creakle, looking hard at Mr. Mell, put his hand on Tungay's shoulder, and got his feet upon the form close by, and sat upon the desk.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“It may be so,” answered Holmes, shrugging his shoulders.

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

I think the feeling was common to us all, for I noticed that the others kept looking over their shoulders at every sound and every new shadow, just as I felt myself doing.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"No, she is not asleep. The shoulders show that she is not asleep. I have seen the shoulders of a woman who cried. The mother is crying. It is a very great sickness."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Holmes smiled, and clapped Lestrade upon the shoulder.

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

“I think, Miss Hunter, that we had better go in without you. Now, Watson, put your shoulder to it, and we shall see whether we cannot make our way in.”

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

Now he made an effort to rest his head on my shoulder, but I would not permit it.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Gregson flung it open and held his light full blaze in front of him, while we all peered eagerly over his shoulders.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If all is well, my shoulders are broad enough to bear the blame.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

My uncle explained the presence of all these pretty things with a shrug of his shoulders and a wave of his hands.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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