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BURY

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bury verb A. tranzitiv

1. a îngropa, a înmormânta;

(fig.) to bury the hatchet a face / a încheia pace;

to bury alive a îngropa de viu;

to live to bury smb. a trăi mai mult decât cineva.

2. a îngropa, a ascunde;

to bury one's face in one's hands a-şi îngropa / a-şi ascunde faţa în mâini;

to bury one’s hands in one’s pockets a-şi băga mâinile în buzunar(e).

bury verb B. reflexiv

(fig.) a se îngropa, a se retrage;

to bury oneself in books a se îngropa în cărţi.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The professor was buried in his work and existed for nothing else.

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

Then he remembered his long-buried past of yesterday.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“To bury my Partlet,” said the other.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Already we were ourselves buried in the fog, but he nodded his head.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The bar silver and the arms still lie, for all that I know, where Flint buried them; and certainly they shall lie there for me.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

At eight the Lady Frances would be buried.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He covered his face with his hands, and slid down on his knees by the sofa, where he remained, perhaps a minute, with his head buried, praying, whilst his shoulders shook with grief.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The next moment she was at his throat, her teeth buried in his hair and flesh.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Ferndean is buried, as you see, in a heavy wood, where sound falls dull, and dies unreverberating.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She might have buried the ears, and no one would have been the wiser.

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

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