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bust¹ substantiv

1. bust.

2. piept / bust de femeie.

bust² (sl.) I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a exploda, a sări în aer (v. burst I, 1).

2. a da faliment (v. burst up).

3. a chefui, a petrece.

4. a se sinucide.

bust² (sl.) I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a distruge, a nimici, a-i face felul (cuiva), a omorî.

2. (amer. mil. sl.) a retrograda.

3. a îmblânzi (un cal sălbatic).

bust² (sl.) II. substantiv

1. crah, faliment.

2. chef, petrecere, vâjâială;

to go on the bust a se duce în vâjâială.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

When I entered this room I found the window wide open, and I at once observed that the bust was gone from the mantelpiece.

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

“And what became of the bust?” asked Holmes, after a careful study of this picture.

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

“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)

The spot where the fragments of the bust had been found was only a few hundred yards away.

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

He was gone two days before the bust was smashed.

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

I can’t afford, therefore, to smile at your three broken busts, Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me hear of any fresh development of so singular a chain of events.

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

For example, in Dr. Barnicot’s hall, where a sound might arouse the family, the bust was taken outside before being broken, whereas in the surgery, where there was less danger of an alarm, it was smashed where it stood.

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

Dr. Barnicot was due at his surgery at twelve o’clock, and you can imagine his amazement when, on arriving there, he found that the window had been opened in the night and that the broken pieces of his second bust were strewn all over the room.

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

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