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BABY

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baby I. substantiv

1. copil (mic), copilaş; prunc, sugaci, sugar; bebe, bebeluş;

(fig.) a regular baby un adevărat copil;

the baby of the family prâslea, mezinul;

to play the baby a face copilării;

(fam.) to smell of the baby a fi neserios; a face copilării; a fi copilăros; (amer. sl.) iubită;

(amer. sl.) war baby a) copil (nelegitim) născut în timpul războiului; b) (fig.) recrut, răcan, boboc; c) (fig.) fruct al războiului, rezultat al războiului;

(fam.) to carry / to hold the baby a) a fi legat de mâini şi de picioare, a nu avea libertate de acţiune; b) a avea o sarcină neplăcută;

(fam.) to give smb. a baby to hold a lega pe cineva de mâini şi de picioare;

(sl.) to hiss the baby a da un pahar pe gât;

(înv.) to look babies in smb.’s eyes a se uita cu dragoste în ochii cuiva;

to plead the baby act a se sustrage de la o îndatorire, pretextând lipsa de experienţă.

2. pui (de animal).

3. (peior.) om copilăros, copil.

4. (tehn.) contragreutate.

baby II. verb tranzitiv

1. a trata ca pe un copil.

2. a alinta, a dezmierda, a mângâia; a îmbuna.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

If you are attached, you’ll have more time together, and if you want a baby, Neptune will provide better conditions for you to conceive.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

A baby has brains, but it doesn't know much.

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

This may help the baby to learn and its brain to develop.

(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)

Well-baby exams are important in making sure that your baby is growing and developing properly.

(Baby Health Checkup, NIH)

A birth defect is a problem that happens while a baby is developing in the mother's body.

(Birth Defects, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Birth weight is the first weight of your baby, taken just after he or she is born.

(Birth Weight, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

So I saw her afterwards, in my sleep at school—a silent presence near my bed—looking at me with the same intent face—holding up her baby in her arms.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He ought to trust me, and not act as if I was a baby.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The baby wolves have their noses down to the trail, and they say, 'Hurry!' All the time do they say, 'Hurry! Faster! Faster!'

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Fall! why, that is like a baby again!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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