TALL

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tall adjectiv

1. înalt, mare, de statură înaltă;

a tall man un om înalt;

a tall house o casă înaltă / mare;

a tall tree un pom înalt;

a tall tower un turn înalt.

2. înalt, de o anumită înălţime;

how tall are you? ce înălţime ai?;

he is five feet tall are o înălţime de cinci picioare;

he is taller than she el e mai înalt decât ea;

he is taller by a head e cu un cap mai înalt;

this suit makes you look taller acest costum (de haine) te face mai înalt;

he has grown tall a crescut în (înălţime), s-a înălţat;

how tall is that tower? ce înălţime are acel turn?;

that house is taller than ours casa aceea este mai înaltă decât a noastră.

3. (sl.) de necrezut, formidabil, fantastic, excesiv, greu de realizat;

a tall story o poveste de necrezut / fantastică;

to tell tall stories a povesti gogoşi / lucruri de necrezut;

a tall order un lucru / o sarcină / un ordin greu de realizat;

it's a tall order asking me to e greu să-mi ceri să.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Some children are short or tall because their parents are.

(Growth Disorders, NIH)

Did you say that tall lady was called Miss Temple?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Only a little, he's old for his age, and tall, and can be quite grown-up in his manners if he likes.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“But it has the hotel mark upon it! Ha, it must have been written by that tall Englishman who came in after you had gone. He said—”

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

“La!” replied Kitty, “it looks just like that man that used to be with him before. Mr. what's-his-name. That tall, proud man.”

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The person is not tall enough for him, and has not his air.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Most of Titan's tallest mountains appear to be close to the equator.

(Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks, NASA)

By her side stood a tall, thin man, clad in black.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“You have made her too tall, Emma,” said Mr. Knightley.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

She is a tall, dark, black-eyed, fine figure of a woman.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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