STAR

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star I. substantiv

1. stea; astru;

fixed stars stele fixe;

shooting star stea căzatoare;

stars and stripes drapelul S.U.A.;

(fig.) to see stars a vedea stele verzi.

2. (poligr.) stea, asterisc, steluţă.

3. stea, decoraţie.

4. stea, noroc;

to be born under a lucky star a se naşte cu stea în frunte.

5. (teatru) stea, star.

star II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a înstela.

2. a însemna / a marca cu o stea sau cu un asterisc.

3. (teatru) a prezenta ca pe o stea.

star II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a străluci (ca o stea).

2. (teatru) a juca ca o stea; a fi protagonist.

star III. adjectiv

stelar; de stea.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“And his beautiful wife is a star,” said Mr. Dick.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

This new moon will prove that your star is on the rise, dear Pisces.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Little things recall us to earth; the clock struck in the hall; that sufficed; I turned from moon and stars, opened a side- door, and went in.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Sir Nigel sat with elbows upon knees, and chin upon hands, his patch still covering one eye, but his other shining like a star, while the ruddy light gleamed upon his smooth white head.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The stars shone at intervals as the clouds passed from over them; the dark pines rose before me, and every here and there a broken tree lay on the ground; it was a scene of wonderful solemnity and stirred strange thoughts within me.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Small planets produce small signals, but these are easier to detect in the case of low-mass red dwarves (such Teegarden’s Star), because the reflex movement is greater and repeats more often than in the case of stars such as the Sun.

(Researchers find two new planets with masses similar to Earth’s near a small neighbouring star, University of Granada)

Then she put on her dress which sparkled like the stars, and went into the ball-room in it; and the king danced with her again, and thought she had never looked so beautiful as she did then.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

We are men and are able to bear; but you must be our star and our hope, and we shall act all the more free that you are not in the danger, such as we are.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

For a few minutes the brother and sister were too eager in their praise of the night and their remarks on the stars, to think beyond themselves; but when the first pause came, Edmund, looking around, said, But where is Fanny?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Why, on the outside cover were printed every month the words of one of the world's great writers, words proclaiming the inspired mission of the Transcontinental by a star of literature whose first coruscations had appeared inside those self-same covers.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

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