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TURKEY

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Traducere în limba română

turkey substantiv

1. (ornit.) curcan; (şi hen-turkey) curcă.

2. carne de curcan.

3. (amer. sl.) (despre o piesă de teatru, un film etc.) fiasco, eşec.

(amer. şi sl.) to talk (cold) turkey a vorbi pe şleau, a grăi verde (româneşte), a spune lucrurilor pe nume.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

And you know what your dinner will be, said Mrs. Grant, smiling—the turkey, and I assure you a very fine one; for, my dear, turning to her husband, cook insists upon the turkey's being dressed to-morrow.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

It was not at all romantic, but a hearty laugh set everybody straight again, for Hannah was discovered behind the door, sobbing over the fat turkey, which she had forgotten to put down when she rushed up from the kitchen.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)




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