YAWN

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Traducere în limba română

yawn I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a căsca;

to make smb. yawn a face pe cineva să caşte, a plictisi pe cineva.

2. a se căsca, a se deschide.

3. to yawn after / to / at a sta cu gura căscată la / după.

yawn I. verb B. tranzitiv

a căsca;

he yawned good night spuse noapte bună căscând.

yawn II. substantiv

1. căscat.

2. (fig.) plictiseală; urât.

3. (tehn.) joc.

4. căscare, deschidere.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Elizabeth preserved as steady a silence as either Mrs. Hurst or Miss Bingley; and even Lydia was too much fatigued to utter more than the occasional exclamation of Lord, how tired I am! accompanied by a violent yawn.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

At length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way!

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

"We ought to plan something," yawned Miss Baker, sitting down at the table as if she were getting into bed.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

She yawned gracefully in my face.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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