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POLISH

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Traducere în limba română

polish I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a şlefui, a lustrui; a polei.

2. a face, a curăţa (pantofi).

3. (tehn.) a poliza; a lustrui; a satina.

4. (fig.) a lustrui, a cizela; a şlefui; a înfrumuseţa.

5. to polish away a scoate (greşelile);

to polish off a) a curăţa; a înlătura (pe cineva); (fam.) b) a curăţa, a linge (mâncarea); c) a da peste cap, a mântui repede (o treabă);

to polish up a) a desăvârşi, a finisa; a stiliza; b) a împrospăta (cunoştintele).

polish I. verb B. intranzitiv

a se curăţa, a se lustrui.

polish II. substantiv

1. lustru, luciu.

2. lustruire; cizelare.

3. (tehn.) polizare, satinare.

4. (fig.) lustru, purtări alese sau civilizate.

5. (fig.) strălucire; desăvârşire.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I trust that I bring him back somewhat more polished than I found him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Start preparing for this brilliant new moon in early February so you are ready to interview for a new position with a polished résumé when it arrives.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Your brain may not be so large to look at as those of the Scarecrow, but you are really brighter than he is—when you are well polished—and I am sure you will rule the Winkies wisely and well.

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

Mrs Harville, a degree less polished than her husband, seemed, however, to have the same good feelings; and nothing could be more pleasant than their desire of considering the whole party as friends of their own, because the friends of Captain Wentworth, or more kindly hospitable than their entreaties for their all promising to dine with them.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

It is a good time to go over a project you’ve done earlier, such as a book manuscript or a marketing plan, and find ways to polish it up to make it even better.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

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