GROAN

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groan I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a ofta, a suspina, a geme; a se văita;

to groan inwardly a suferi (cumplit) în tăcere.

2. (despre cerb) a boncăni, a boncălui.

3. (fig.) a geme;

the table groaned with food masa gemea de bunătăţi.

4. to groan for a dori, a râvni la / după, a aspira la;

to groan under a geme sub (jugul tiraniei, greutăţii, sarcinii etc.).

groan I. verb B. tranzitiv

to groan down a speaker a reduce la tăcere un vorbitor prin murmure de dezaprobare;

to groan out a povesti oftând.

groan II. substantiv

1. oftat greu, geamăt;

to fetch / to utter a deep groan a scoate un oftat adânc;

groans of the roaring wind vaietele furtunii.

2. boncănit, boncăluit (de cerb).

3. plural cârteli, murmur (de dezaprobare).

He closed his eyes with a groan, and slept.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Von Bork groaned and sank back on the sofa.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Not a soul,” groaned Hall Pycroft.

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

He groaned aloud as he started to drag himself to his feet.

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

He fell with a groan and never moved again.

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

He read something intently, groaning to himself: "Mein Gott! Mein Gott! So soon! so soon!"

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“God help me! I am the weakest of the weak,” groaned Alleyne.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Think you that the groans of Clerval were music to my ears?

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

"It is not for me, I must not hope it now," he said to himself, with a sigh that was almost a groan.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“God! God!” he groaned, and the clenched fists were raised again to the infinite despair with which his throat vibrated.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)