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king substantiv

1. rege;

King-Emperor rege şi împărat;

the kings and queens of England regii şi reginele Angliei, suveranii / monarhii britanici;

(biblic) The three Kings cei trei magi;

the Book of Kings cartea regilor;

(fam.) dish fit for a king mâncare regească;

(fam.) he wouldn't call the king his cousin că doar n-o fi os de domn;

everybody has his own King Charles's head fiecare îşi are păsărica / trăsnaia lui (aluzie la Mr. Dick din „David Copperfield" de Dickens);

the king’s English limba engleză literară;

the king of Tersoss moartea.

2. magnat, rege (al marii finanţe etc.);

one of the oil kings unul din regii petrolului.

3. rege (la şah, la cărţi).

4. damă (la jocul de dame).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Same are to be delivered at Carfax, near Purfleet, immediately on receipt at goods station King's Cross.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Alleyne louted low to the King's representative.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The king, queen, and all the court, sent every day to inquire after my health; and her majesty made me several visits during my sickness.

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

My last client of the sort was a king.

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

He is the king of all the blackmailers.

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

He is not at King’s Pyland.

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

Doctor, I thought you had worn the king's coat!

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

However, it was very soon after the mistake was made of putting some of the trouble out of King Charles's head into my head, that the man first came.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Jo, run to the rooms, and tell Mrs. King that I can't come.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

You will honour the King, and show respect for the Constitution, Mr. Stone.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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