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BRANDY
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Traducere în limba română
brandy I. substantiv
rachiu; coniac brandy.
brandy II. verb tranzitiv
1. a conserva (fructe) în coniac.
2. a stropi (un tort etc.) cu coniac.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Then Holmes hurried with a cushion for his head, and I with brandy for his lips.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Give him a dash of brandy.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Well, I love that you should think me so. And it would make you happier if I kept from the brandy, Jim? Well, then, I’ll make you a promise, if you’ll make me one in return.”
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Without a word the Professor bent over the bed, his head almost touching poor Lucy's breast; then he gave a quick turn of his head, as of one who listens, and leaping to his feet, he cried out to me:—It is not yet too late! Quick! quick! Bring the brandy!
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
Mr. Melas, however, still lived, and in less than an hour, with the aid of ammonia and brandy I had the satisfaction of seeing him open his eyes, and of knowing that my hand had drawn him back from that dark valley in which all paths meet.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
When it was concluded he settled our new acquaintance upon the sofa, placed a pillow beneath his head, and laid a glass of brandy and water within his reach.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I assure you that I saw him come down St. James’s Street the other day, and I was so shocked at his appearance that I had to step into Vernet’s for a glass of orange brandy.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then I went round the corner to the Ivy Plant for some brandy, and by the time I had brought it back the young woman had recovered and was off—ashamed of herself, I daresay, and dared not face me.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)