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CHILD

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child I. plural children substantiv

1. copil; băiat, fiu; fată, fiică;

child in arms copil de ţâţă, sugar;

child of shame copil din flori;

child of the forest copil al pădurilor, indian (din America de Nord);

grown-up children copii mari;

a naughty child un copil neastâmpărat, rău;

a spoilt child un copil răsfăţat, răzgâiat;

a child unborn (un) copil(aş) nevinovat, un om nevinovat ca un prunc;

to be with child a fi gravidă, însărcinată;

(prov.) he that has no children knows not what is love cine nu are copii nu ştie ce înseamnă dragostea;

(fig.) to kiss the child for the nurse’s sake a fi făţarnic;

(prov.) when children stand quiet, they have done some harm când copiii sunt foarte cuminţi, înseamnă că au făcut o poznă;

to be a good child a fi (un copil) cuminte; (amer. glumeţ, mai ales în vorbirea negrilor) this child eu; copilul lui tata;

be a child of the time fii copilul secolului tău, al vremii tale, trăieşte în contemporaneitate;

from / (înv.) of a child din copilărie;

(rar) to be past a child a nu mai fi copil;

(prov.) to throw out the child along with the bath a arunca apa din albie cu copil cu tot; ca să omoare musca îi crapă (cuiva) capul cu ciocanul;

(prov.) a burnt child dreads the fire cine s-a fript cu ciorba / supa suflă şi-n iaurt.

2. (fig.) copil, nevârstnic;

he is a mere child e un copil, nu e decât un copil.

3. (fig.) rod, vlăstar;

fancy’s child rod al fanteziei.

child II. adjectiv

de copil / copii, copilăresc, infantil, al copiilor, al copilului.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

For Peggotty had been used of old to talk to my mother sometimes like a child.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

However, the king hoped still to save his dear child altogether from the threatened evil; so he ordered that all the spindles in the kingdom should be bought up and burnt.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

The Count's eyes gleamed, and he said:—"Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!"

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

So they all entered the house, where there were, besides the woman, two children and a man.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

She had been so simply taught that there was no nonsense in her head, and at fifteen she was as innocent and frank as any child.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Next in his regard, after the children, was Judge Scott.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

And now to-night you at last know all, and I ask you what is to become of us, my child and me?

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

The only difficulty that remained, was to persuade my wife, whose consent however I at last obtained, by the prospect of advantage she proposed to her children.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

The fifth house rules romantic happiness, fun, and leisure as well as pregnancy, conception, and the care of children.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

The child was a dear, and everything promised well.

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

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