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EMPTY

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empty I. adjectiv

1. gol, deşert, vid;

empty purse pungă goală;

empty bottle sticlă goală.

2. nelocuit, pustiu;

empty street stradă pustie.

3. (fig.) gol, fără conţinut;

empty head cap sec;

empty words vorbe goale.

4. (fam.) flămând, înfometat;

to feel empty a-i fi foame, a se simţi cu burta goală.

5. (ferov.) fără încărcătură, gol;

empty waggon vagon fără încărcătură.

empty II. substantiv

1. (mai ales pl.) ambalaj; tară; material gol / deşert; sac gol etc.;

returned empty ambalaj returnat.

2. (ferov.) tren de marfă, mărfar gol.

3. casă nelocuită.

4. taxi liber.

empty III. verb A. tranzitiv

a deşerta, a goli (o sticlă, un sertar etc.); a descărca (un vagon); a vărsa; a împrăştia; a da drumul; a seca, a scoate (apa dintr-un puţ); a vidanja.

empty III. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (despre un râu) a se vărsa.

2. (despre o sală) a se goli.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Our birds are flown and the nest empty,” said Holmes.

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

Your brains are empty when you are born.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The girl passed on, going from room to room of the house, but they were all empty, and still she saw no one.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"No, my head is quite empty," answered the Woodman.

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

It was an empty house, and so he knew that he would not be disturbed in the garden.

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

How did you get into the houses if they were both empty?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"We thought this cabin was empty."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

It was as empty and as still as ever.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You saw his empty glass to-night.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seems completely empty of stars or galaxies.

(Lonely Galaxy Lost in Space, NASA)

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