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BRISK

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Traducere în limba română

brisk I. adjectiv

1. activ, vioi, iute, agil, sprinten; energic.

2. (despre aer) proaspăt; (despre aer, vânt) rece, răcoros.

3. (despre foc) viu.

4. (despre timp) plăcut, amuzant.

5. (despre băuturi) spumos.

brisk II. verb A. tranzitiv

(şi to brisk up) a anima, a însufleţi, a insufla viaţă (cuiva); a aţâţa (focul); a-şi iuţi (pasul).

brisk II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (şi to brisk up) a se înviora.

2. a se pune la punct, a se spilcui.

3. to brisk about a se mişca repede.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Why, how many tall ships, think ye, now, have I seen laid aboard? And how many brisk lads drying in the sun at Execution Dock?” cried Silver.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

She sat thinking for some time after I had spoken, and then, turning to me with a brisk air of resolution, she broke into a remarkable statement which I will condense for your benefit.

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

A change had come over him and he spoke gravely, and with decision. As we walked across the moonlight gravel to the porch he disposed of the situation in a few brisk phrases.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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