WHISPER

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whisper I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a şopti, a şuşoti, a vorbi în şoaptă / şoptit / încet.

2. a bârfi, a complota prin colţuri.

3. (despre frunze) a fremăta, a foşni; (despre apă) a murmura, a clipoci, a susura.

whisper I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a şopti, a şuşoti.

2. a pune în circulaţie pe ascuns (o bârfeală, zvonuri etc.).

3. a zvoni;

it is whispered that se zvoneşte că.

whisper II. substantiv

1. şoaptă, şuşotit;

in a whisper în şoaptă, pe şoptite.

2. susur, murmur, clipocit; foşnet.

3. zvon, aluzie;

(fam.) to give the whisper a face o aluzie, a da de înţeles.

“What do you make of that, Watson?” Holmes whispered.

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

"We're lucky that most of them are here," Brissenden whispered to Martin.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"Helen!" I whispered softly, "are you awake?"

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

"By George!" he whispered, "here they come!"

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I asked the Professor in a whisper:—What do you make of that mark on her throat?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Well, he wasn't there at all, said Mr. Dick, until he came up behind her, and whispered.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Another whisper of wind, and another, passed by.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

In short, it is a kind of thing that—lowering his voice to an important whisper—will be exceedingly welcome to ALL PARTIES.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

“I would see him in the claws of the devil first,” whispered Ford.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Here’s Cuddie Collingwood,” whispered my father.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)