WATER

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water I. substantiv

1. apă;

(fam.) water bewitched băutură cu puţină apă.

2. (mai ales pl.) apă minerală;

to take the waters a face o cură de ape minerale.

3. (adesea pl.) mare; ape;

in Norwegian waters în apele Norvegiei;

by land and by water pe uscat şi (pe) apă;

on the water a) pe mare; b) pe vas.

4. maree.

5. transpiraţie, năduşeală, apă.

6. lacrimi.

water II. adjectiv

de apă.

water III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a uda; a umezi; a stropi.

2. a lua apă la.

1. (text.) a marmora (mătasea).

4. (adesea to water down) a subţia (un lichid).

water III. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (despre ochi etc.) a se umezi;

his mouth waters for îi lasă gura apă după.

2. (mar.) a face apă; a lua apă.

3. (rar) a face (o) cură de ape minerale.

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(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"You must be a fish out of the water."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I’d rather watch him from over the water.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It would scarce pass in England, but they are quiet folk over the water.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At his word the band flew down and seized Quelala, carried him in their arms until they were over the middle of the river, and then dropped him into the water.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

The water rushed into his lungs instead of the air that had always accompanied his act of breathing.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I work hard from morning to night, and I drink little else than water.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

The furniture was all sent around by water.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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