TONE

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tone I. substantiv

1. ton, sunet;

deep tone ton profund;

thin tone ton subţire;

(med.) heart tones sunetele inimii;

ringing tone semnal de apel (la telefon)

2. ton (fel de exprimare; inflexiune, intonaţie).

3. caracter general, nivel (al moralităţii etc.).

4. (arte) nuanţare; ton.

5. intonaţie (a vocii); modulaţie.

6. (med.) tonus.

tone II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a da tonul dorit / calitatea dorită (sunetului); a nuanţa.

2. a acorda (instrumente muzicale).

3. to tone down a atenua; a diminua, a potoli;

to tone up a) a întări, a accentua (coloritul); b) a ridica; a întări (sunetul); c) a remonta, a înzdrăveni, a reface.

tone II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a lua un ton; a se nuanţa.

2. (with) a se armoriza (cu).

3. to tone down a se atenua; a se potoli;

to tone up a se reface (după boală).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"Had you?" cried he, catching the same tone; "I honour you!"

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

"Can I do anything for you, Madam Mother?" asked Laurie, leaning over Mrs. March's chair with the affectionate look and tone he always gave her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“What is the matter?” asked her ladyship, in the heavy tone of one half-roused; “I was not asleep.”

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“Certainly, Mr. Pycroft, certainly,” the other resumed in a calmer tone.

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

She had not raised her voice, and yet I was struck by its clear and bell-like tone.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Her tone and look implied something that was not agreeable to me in connexion with the subject.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It told me, in its very tones, the anguish of your heart.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

At last he turned round again, and regarded them both; she started up, and pronouncing his name in a tone of affection, held out her hand to him.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

“This way, Sir James; this way,” said the harsh tones of Sir Lothian Hume from without.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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