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EBB

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Traducere în limba română

ebb I. substantiv

1. reflux; ebb and flow flux şi reflux.

2. (fig.) declin, decădere, decadenţă, scăpătare, schimbare în rău;

ebb to be at an ebb / at a low ebb a) a fi strâmtorat; a fi la ananghie, a se afla într-o situaţie proastă / dificilă; b) a fi în declin; a scăpăta.

ebb II. verb intranzitiv

1. a fi în reflux, a se retrage; a se scurge.

2. (fig.) v. II, 3.

3. to ebb away a fi în declin, a descreşte, a scădea, a se micşora, a slăbi, a se stinge, a apune.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

But Maria Silva read a different tale in the hollow cheeks and the burning eyes, and she noted the changes in them from day to day, by them following the ebb and flow of his fortunes.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

She had swung round to the ebb—her bow was now towards me—the only lights on board were in the cabin, and what I saw was merely a reflection on the fog of the strong rays that flowed from the stern window.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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