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FORD

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Traducere în limba română

ford I. substantiv

1. vad (cuvântul se întâlneşte şi în substantive proprii ca Oxford, Hertford etc.);

(prov.) never praise a ford till you get well over nu zice hop până nu sări.

2. (înv., poetic) curs de apă; râu, torent, şuvoi.

ford II. verb tranzitiv

a trece (o apă) printr-un vad.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

When she reached the edge of the stream she stood helpless, looking to right and to left for some ford.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To Hartfield, if you please, Mrs. Ford.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Mr. Ford, with an expression on his mobile features of mediate and happy acquiescence, started to reach for his pocket, then turned suddenly to Mr. Ends, and said that he had left his money home.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“I would see him in the claws of the devil first,” whispered Ford.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is not worth while, Harriet, to give Mrs. Ford the trouble of two parcels.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“You may take it as it comes,” said Ford carelessly.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You could make it into two parcels, Mrs. Ford, could not you?

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“They are very quick in these parts,” said Ford, turning to Alleyne.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Harriet had business at Ford's.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“Another sword!” cried Ford.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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