TIGHTEN

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Traducere în limba română

tighten verb A. tranzitiv

1. a strânge, a încorda, a întinde;

(în dogărie) to tighten the staves a etanşa / a strânge doagele;

to tighten one's belt a(-şi) strânge cureaua (şi fig.).

2. (şi to tighten up) a intensifica, a întări, a înăspri (blocada, restricţiile).

tighten verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se contracta, a se strânge.

2. (despre arcuri, resorturi, coarde, funii) a se întinde, a se încorda.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Seeing that they were surrounded the men tightened their reins and drew up.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Suddenly, as she spoke, I saw her white face grow whiter yet in the moonlight, and her hand tightened upon my shoulder.

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

As I waited for my hat in the hall the door of the library opened and Jordan Baker and Gatsby came out together. He was saying some last word to her but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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