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GESTURE
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Traducere în limba română
gesture I. s.
1. gest, mişcare a braţelor,-agitare a mâinilor.
2. (fig.) gest, atitudine; pas, măsură, iniţiativă;
a warlike gesture gest războinic, zăngănit de arme.
3. (şi facial gesture) mimică.
gesture II. verb tr. şi intr. v. gesticulate.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
‘Not for the world,’ he cried with a gesture of horror.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And quick!—then shrunk into a corner, with one trembling hand before her face, and the other making the former gesture, as if she could not bear a voice.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
He read it, and then passed it to the Prince, who returned it with raised eyebrows and a gesture of surprise.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You may be touched by a friend’s gesture and care for you, or you may work on a charity.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
Forgive me, I meant it kindly. And Meg offered her hand with a gesture both affectionate and timid.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
I do frequently; when the gestures or looks of a pair seem telling a tale: it amuses me to watch them.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
His look and gesture forbade discussion, so I came back and told Mina.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
The man in the road was undoubtedly some friend of hers—possibly her fiancé—and no doubt, as you wore the girl’s dress and were so like her, he was convinced from your laughter, whenever he saw you, and afterwards from your gesture, that Miss Rucastle was perfectly happy, and that she no longer desired his attentions.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her gestures and movements might be understood by any one who looked on like Emma; but her words, every body's words, were soon lost under the incessant flow of Miss Bates, who came in talking, and had not finished her speech under many minutes after her being admitted into the circle at the fire.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
Mrs. Heep began, with an anxious gesture.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
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