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INDIAN

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Indian I. adjectiv

1. indian, din India; hindus.

2. Indian, de piele-roşie.

Indian II. substantiv

1. indian, hindus.

2. indian, piele-roşie;

Red Indians, copper Indians piei roşii;

(amer. înv.) blanket Indian indian sărac (având doar o pătură drept îmbrăcăminte);

(amer.) wooden Indian stană de piatră, om cu faţa inexpresivă / lipsită de viaţă;

(amer.) as dumb as a wooden Indian tăcut ca un mormânt.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

For two days the she-wolf and One Eye hung about the Indian camp.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The Indian still paced his room.

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

"No Indian here. Too much afraid. Curupuri," said Gomez.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"He's a good Indian, that boy," he muttered. "A good Indian."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

With them were Indians, also three other men.

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

Some of them certainly did dance about me like wild Indians, and the greater part could not resist the temptation of pretending that I was a dog, and patting and soothing me, lest I should bite, and saying, Lie down, sir! and calling me Towzer.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

They sailed many weeks, and traded with the Indians; but I knew not what course they took, being kept a close prisoner in my cabin, and expecting nothing less than to be murdered, as they often threatened me.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Honest Indian!

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

That fatal night Dr. Roylott had gone to his room early, though we knew that he had not retired to rest, for my sister was troubled by the smell of the strong Indian cigars which it was his custom to smoke.

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

This brings into focus relationships between northeast Indian rainfall and other global climate patterns — such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation that may otherwise be difficult to see — that could really help us understand how and why rainfall has changed recently

(Cave stalagmites reveal India’s rainfall secrets, SciDev.Net)

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