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BIRD

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bird substantiv

1. (ornit.) pasăre;

bird of calm pescăruş (Larus);

(amer.) bird of freedom vulturul alb (Falco leucocephalus);

bird of paradise pasărea-paradisului (Paradisea apoda);

(fig.) bird of ill omen cobe;

bird of wonder pasărea-minune;

Arabian bird, bird of wonder pasărea fenix;

bird of passage pasăre călătoare;

bird of prey pasăre de pradă; pasăre răpitoare;

bird of Juno păun;

bird of Minerva bufniţă;

bird of Jove vultur;

(prov.) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush nu da vrabia din mână pe cioara din par;

a bird in the bush ceva ireal;

a bird in the hand ceva real;

(prov.) birds of a feather flock together cine se aseamănă se adună, a tunat şi i-a adunat;

to kill two birds with one stone a doborî două păsări dintr-o lovitură;

like a bird bucuros; prompt, fără şovăire; uşor, fără greutate;

a little bird told me (so) mi-a spus o păsărică, mi-a spus degetul cel mic;

to make a bird of a nimeri (în);

(prov.) it is the early bird that catches the worm cine se scoală de dimineaţă departe ajunge;

to hit the bird in the eye a lovi drept la ţintă.

2. (fam.) ins, individ, tip, om.

3. a gay / queer bird glumeţ, original, hâtru.

4. (amer. pop.) pilot, aviator.

◊ to do smth. like a bird a face ceva cu plăcere;

(teatru) to get the (big) bird a fi fluierat;

to give smb. the bird a) (fig.) a-i face cuiva vânt, a-l trimite la plimbare; b) (teatru etc.) a huidui / a fluiera pe cineva.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

If you will have the goodness to touch the bell, Doctor, we will begin another investigation, in which, also a bird will be the chief feature.

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

That birds should have come to be, was unguessed.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“Our birds are flown and the nest empty,” said Holmes.

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

There were seven hundred of these cages hanging in the castle, and all with beautiful birds in them.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Bird flu can make people very sick or even cause death.

(Bird Flu, NIH)

Not a bird, my dear Roxton—not a bird.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“This was not the bird that I was looking for.”

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here's Mother, dear, and you shall have another bird tomorrow, if you want it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“And whose fault that, my sweet bird?” said he.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Where are the birds?” asked Miss Betsey.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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