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BROKEN
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Traducere în limba română
broken I. part. trec. de la break1 (I).
broken II. adjectiv
1. spart, sfărâmat, fărâmiţat.
2. (fig.) (despre făgăduieli etc.) călcat (în picioare), neîmplinit, nerespectat.
3. (fig.) distrus, frânt.
4. (fig., despre limbă) stricat.
5. (fig., despre voce) spart; întrerupt.
broken-backed adjectiv
cu spatele frânt / încovoiat.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
It is better to be disappointed and worried in such a way now than to have her nerve broken.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
It was broken by Wolf Larsen.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
He told me, as he went out of the house, that the God of day had now gone down upon him—and I really thought his heart was broken and mine too.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken.
(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)
“Now that I come to think of it, Dr. Barnicot’s bust was broken not far from his red lamp. Well, Mr. Holmes, what are we to do with that fact?”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of course, it instantly occurred to me that they had broken into your library with the intention of getting at some document which might be of importance in the case.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And now her father and mother had taken a firm stand and commanded that the engagement be broken.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
Poor father has never been strong for years back, but this has broken him down completely.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But when have you broken fast?
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then, to my surprise, there came a long silence, broken only by the heavy breathings and gaspings of the sick man.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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