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CAKE

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cake I. substantiv

1. prăjitură; turtă; chec, cozonac cu stafide, migdale etc.; pesmete (prăjitură); tort;

cakes and ale plăcerile / desfătările vieţii; mâncare şi băutură, petrecere, chef;

they go / sell like hot cakes se vând ca pâinea caldă;

to have one’s cakes baked a sta bine, a-i merge din plin, a fi cu dare de mână;

cake and pudding huzur, viaţă îndestulată;

(amer.) hurry up the cakes! repede, grăbeşte-te!;

my cake is dough am dat greş, am feştelit-o, am scrântit-o, nu mi-a mers; nu mi-a ieşit pasienţa;

(amer.) to take the cake a lua lozul / potul, a-l apuca pe Dumnezeu de picior; a câştiga; a Iua caimacul; a ocupa primul loc; a fi sau a ieşi primul;

that takes the cake asta-i culmea, aceasta le întrece / le bate pe toate;

(fam.) land of cakes Scoţia;

you cannot eat your cake and have it too şi cu varza unsă şi cu slănina în pod (nu se poate).

2. turtă; bucată; calup (de săpun); tabletă; brichetă; placă.

(fam.) you are a cake of a fellow prost mai eşti;

(fam.) she is a cake of a girl e o gâsculiţă.

cake II. verb A. tranzitiv

a da forma de prăjitură sau turtă (cu dat.).

cake II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se coace.

2. a se întări; a prinde coajă; a se închega.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Then you can have the little cake with sugar on it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“She is bringing cake and wine; open the door.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Almost desperate, I asked for half a cake; she again refused.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She was a little shocked at the want of two drawing rooms, at the poor attempt at rout-cakes, and there being no ice in the Highbury card-parties.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

But the worst of it was, that I knew I should be ashamed to eat anything, when an opportunity offered, and that, after a rather light dinner, I should remain hungry all night—for I had left my cakes behind, at the hotel, in my hurry.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then the woman served up four different things, roast meat, salad, cakes, and wine.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

At the bottom of its one street there was a little shop with some cakes of bread in the window.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Soon afterwards the wolf knocked, and cried: “Open the door, grandmother, I am Little Red-Cap, and am bringing you some cakes.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

That would be a fine thing! cried the miller, and looked there, and found the cakes.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

But the clever son answered: “If I give you my cake and wine, I shall have none for myself; be off with you,” and he left the little man standing and went on.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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