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FLINT

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Traducere în limba română

flint substantiv

1. (mineral.) cremene, silex;

(fig.) a heart of flint o inimă de piatră;

(amer.) to fix smb.’s flint for him a pedepsi pe cineva, a pune pe cineva la punct;

(amer.) to get one’s flint fixed a fi pedepsit, a o încasa;

he set his face like a flint chipul i se împietri, deveni ca de piatră;

to flay / to skin a flint a) a fi zgârcit, a fi zgârie-brânză; a-şi mânca de sub unghie; b) a jupui, a exploata;

old flint moşneag cărpănos;

to wring water from a flint a face minuni, a scoate bani din piatră seacă.

2. cremene, piatră de amnar.

3. (fig.) ceva foarte tare, dur, ca piatră.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

So much I'll tell you, and no more. I were in Flint's ship when he buried the treasure; he and six along—six strong seamen.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

The name of Captain Flint, though it was strange to me, was well enough known to some there and carried a great weight of terror.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

“You have heard of this Flint, I suppose?”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

It's not Flint's ship, and Flint is dead; but I'll tell you true, as you ask me—there are some of Flint's hands aboard; worse luck for the rest of us.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Where's Flint's?

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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