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MOUNTAIN

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mountain I. substantiv

1. munte;

the Carpthian Mountains munţii Carpaţi;

chain of mountains lanţ de munţi;

(prov.) if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain dacă nu vine muntele la Mahomed, se duce Mahomed la munte;

the waves rose/ ran mountain(s) high valurile s-au ridicat înalte ca nişte munţi;

rolling mountains valuri uriaşe/ înalte cât un munte;

(prov.) to make a mountain out of a molehill a face din ţânţar armăsar;

(prov.) the mountain has brought forth a mouse s-a scremut muntele şi a născut un şoarece;

a mountain is raised off my spirits mi s-a luat o piatră de pe inimă.

2. (fam.) masă, grămadă, cantitate (mare);

he is a mountain of flesh e o masă de carne.

3. vin de Malaga.

mountain II.

1. de munte, alpin, muntos, muntenesc;

mountain air aer de munte;

mountain stream râu de munte;

mountain flower floare de munte;

mountain scenary peisaj de munte.

2. de înălţimea unui munte, înalt cât un munte, ca un brad.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

So he set out, and the dwarf met him too at the same spot in the valley, among the mountains, and said, “Prince, whither so fast?”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

“We must further into the mountains ere we be in safety. But what have we here, Nigel?”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'Where are you?' seemed spoken amongst mountains; for I heard a hill-sent echo repeat the words.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

All I have to say on that score is, that the cloud has passed from the dreary scene, and the God of Day is once more high upon the mountain tops.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Far off I hear the howling of wolves; the snow brings them down from the mountains, and there are dangers to all of us, and from all sides.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The team found that the amount of water lost from within fractured mountain rock in 2011-2015 amounted to 10.8 cubic miles of water.

(Sierras Lost Water Weight, Grew Taller During Drought, NASA)

"So it is. How queer that he should come. I thought he was at the mountains. There is Sallie. I'm glad she got back in time. Am I all right, Jo?" cried Meg in a flutter.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

In the left there was a sort of engine, from the back of which were extended twenty long poles, resembling the pallisados before your majesty’s court: wherewith we conjecture the man-mountain combs his head; for we did not always trouble him with questions, because we found it a great difficulty to make him understand us.

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

After this he rode up the glass mountain.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

One as know'd his servant see 'em there, all three, and told me how they travelled, and where they was. I made fur them mountains, Mas'r Davy, day and night.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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