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NOD

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nod I. substantiv

1. înclinare a capului, semn afirmatty din cap;

to give a nod of assent a face un semn de acceptare;

to answer with a nod a răspunde printr-o înclinare / mişcare a capului.

2. semn din cap (imperativ);

to be at smb.'s nod a fi supus celor mai mici capricii ale cuiva;

to have smb. at one's nod a avea pe cineva la ordinele sale / la cheremul său;

to obey smb. on the nod a asculta pe cineva orbeşte.

3. semn din cap (salut familiar);

he gave me a nod îmi făcu un semn din cap.

4. moţăială; înclinare / aplecare a capului (din pricina somnului);

the land of nod împărăţia viselor;

to go to the land of nod a călători în ţara viselor, a-l fura Moş Ene; a adormi.

nod II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a înclina capul, a face semn cu capul, a da din cap.

2. a legăna uşor capul, a moţăi, a dormita, a piroti.

3. a se bălăbăni; a se agita; (despre copaci etc.) a se (a)pleca.

nod II. verb B. tranzitiv

a înclina (capul).

◊ to nod assent / approval a da din cap aprobator, a face semn că da.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“I have told him,” said my aunt, with a nod.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I nodded in reply and went out.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"You shall have them," he announced, while she nodded her head gravely.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Grey Beaver laughed and nodded approval.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

"Is that what you call him—Wolf?" the man asked. Madge nodded.

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

I nodded to show that I had heard.

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

He nodded agreement when I had given the definition.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I approached him, and said the gentlemen were coming; he nodded: then I looked carefully round and listened.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

When she saw the young gentleman she looked anything but pleased, and passed him with a nod.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Then he looked at me and nodded, as much as to say, “Here is a narrow corner,” as, indeed, I thought it was.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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