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LIVE COALS

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live coals substantiv

jar, cărbuni aprinşi.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

There was no suggestion of form in the utter blackness; only could be seen a pair of eyes gleaming like live coals.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

And when he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a poodle dog, and had a gold collar round his neck, and the cooks were ordered to bring up some live coals, and these he ate, until the flames broke forth from his throat.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

'Yes, let us go on,' said the man. His voice was hollow, like the klonk of an old raven, and he was hunger-mad. His eyes were like live coals of fire, and as his body rocked to and fro, so rocked his soul inside.

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

His stout mittens temporarily protected his hands, and he scooped live coals into the air in all directions, until the campfire took on the semblance of a volcano.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Thereupon he took the dog with the golden collar, and said: That is the wretch! and caused live coals to be brought, and these the dog was compelled to devour before the sight of all, until flames burst forth from its throat.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

On every side, wherever the live coals had fallen, the snow was sizzling, and every little while a retiring wolf, with wild leap and snort and snarl, announced that one such live coal had been stepped upon.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Finding everything still, he marched into the kitchen, and groped about till he found a match in order to light a candle; and then, espying the glittering fiery eyes of the cat, he mistook them for live coals, and held the match to them to light it.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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