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BEATING

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beating substantiv

1. bătaie, lovire;

to get / have a good / sound / thorough beating a primi o bătaie zdravănă, a căpăta o mamă de bătaie;

beating of the heart bătaia inimii.

2. înfrângere.

3. bătaia aripilor, fâlfâit.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

With a beating heart, I tried the door; but I was locked in my prison, and could do nothing.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

It seemed centuries—possibly it was no more than ten minutes that the beating continued.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The cook was frightened when he heard the order, and said to Cat-skin, “You must have let a hair fall into the soup; if it be so, you will have a good beating.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Nothing came, however, and with the dawn we pushed upon our way, the drum-beating dying out behind us.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Foolish, foolish pride!” he cried, beating upon his chest with his large brown hand.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Because of White Fang's very great love, a cuff from the master hurt him far more than any beating Grey Beaver or Beauty Smith had ever given him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or it can stop beating.

(Cardiac Arrest, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

I surprised you by beating upon the pavement with my stick.

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

Two lines of magnificent red and gold footmen who guarded the door bowed deeply as my uncle and I passed between them, he with his head in the air and a manner as if he entered into his own, whilst I tried to look assured, though my heart was beating thin and fast.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their feet beating out of time along the road and the man with the lantern some paces in front.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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