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LION

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lion substantiv

1. (zool.) leu (Felis leo);

American mountain lion puma;

lion in the path / way piedică grozavă, obstacol anevoios;

lion's share partea leului;

(fig.) to put one's head in the lion's mouth a intra în gura lupului;

(fig.) to twist the lion's tail a pune la încercare răbdarea poporului englez.

2. lucru rar, raritate;

the lions of a place curiozităţile locului.

3. celebritate; om cu faimă, astru, mărime; grangur;

the lion of the day omul zilei.

4. the Lion (astron.) Leul (constelaţie şi semn al zodiacului).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

"I suppose so. I've never looked to see," replied the Lion.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

See the rising sun flashes full upon it and sparkles on the golden lions.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By day he and all his court were lions, but in the evening they took their right forms again.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

One thing he said which I shall put down as nearly as I can; for it tells in its way the story of his race:—We Szekelys have a right to be proud, for in our veins flows the blood of many brave races who fought as the lion fights, for lordship.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

We will go and see the lions for an hour or two—it's something to have a fresh fellow like you to show them to, Copperfield—and then we'll journey out to Highgate by the coach.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

For the Preacher loved life, and did not want to die, saying, ‘For a living dog is better than a dead lion.’ He preferred the vanity and vexation to the silence and unmovableness of the grave.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"Perhaps," said the Lion thoughtfully, "if I had no heart I should not be a coward."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Then the king again said to the lion: “You have deceived me, they are men, for they have not looked at the spinning-wheels.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"They really are," said the Lion, "but that doesn't make me any braver, and as long as I know myself to be a coward I shall be unhappy."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

I have bought this flower at a high price, for I have said I would give you to a wild lion; and when he has you, he will tear you in pieces, and eat you.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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