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BRINK

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Traducere în limba română

brink substantiv

1. margine (de prăpastie);

(fig.) in the brink of the grave cu un picior în groapă; la un pas de moarte;

(poetic) on the brink of eternity la poarta veşniciei;

on the brink of ruin la un pas de ruină / de faliment; în pragul falimentului;

on the brink of being sold pe punctul de a fi vândut, gata-gata să se vândă.

2. ţărm, mal (mai ales abrupt, stâncos).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

As soon as she came here, and saw the water, she stopped as if she had come to her destination; and presently went slowly along by the brink of the river, looking intently at it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

When my child, he said aloud, and with an energy of gratitude that shook him from head to foot, stood upon the brink of more than I can say or think on—Martha, trew to her promise, saved her.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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