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DAISY

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Traducere în limba română

daisy substantiv

1. (bot.) părăluţă, bănuţ, bănuţel, bumbişor (Bellis perennis);

(amer.) bull / devil’s / golden / ox-eye margaretă, mărgărită, ochiul boului (Chrysanthemum leuchanthemum);

(sl.) to tread the daisy a se bate în duel;

(fam.) as fresh as a daisy proaspăt ca un trandafir;

(sl.) to turn up one’s toes to the daisies a muri, a-i creşte grădiniţă pe piept, a da ortul popii.

2. (amer. sl.) persoană sau obiect ce stârneşte admiraţie.

3. (amer.) tranşă/ felie de filé de porc afumat.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Daisy and Demi had now arrived at years of discretion, for in this fast age babies of three or four assert their rights, and get them, too, which is more than many of their elders do.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Daisy's face was smeared with tears and when I came in she jumped up and began wiping at it with her handkerchief before a mirror.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy went upstairs to wash her face—too late I thought with humiliation of my towels—while Gatsby and I waited on the lawn.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy was popular in Chicago, as you know.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy and Tom looked at each other for a moment in silence.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy loved me when she married me and she loves me now.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy rose, smiling faintly, and went to the table.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy invited him; she knew him before we were married—God knows where!

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Daisy sat back upon the couch. The nurse took a step forward and held out her hand.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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