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POT

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pot I. substantiv

1. borcan; oală;

(prov.) the pot calls the kettle black râde dracu de porumbe negre şi pe sine nu se vede;

(fam.) a pot / pots of money o groază de bani;

(fam.) a big pot persoană influentă, grangur;

(fam.) to go to pot a) a se ruina, a pieri; a se alege praful de ceva, a se duce de râpă; b) a se prăbuşi, a se dărâma;

all gone to pot s-a ales praful;

to keep the pot boiling / on the boil a) a duce casa, a da / a procura bani pentru coşniţă, a întreţine familia; b) a întreţine ritmul afacerilor;

to make the pot boil, to boil the pot a câştiga mijloacele de trai / existenţă.

2. carafă, cană.

3. v. pott.

4. (fam.) premiu (la competiţii sportive).

5. (tehn.) recipient; cutie; creuzet.

6. (tehn.) deflector la canalul de fum.

7. (mine) boltă, bloc distinct.

pot II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a conserva, a pune în cutii de conserve.

2. a pune (o plantă) în glastră / ghiveci.

3. a împuşca (vânat) de la distanţă mică.

4. a băga (mingea) în pungă (la biliard); a băga (vânatul) în traistă.

5. a acapara, pune mâna pe; a uzurpa;

pot II. verb B. intranzitiv

(at) a trage (în).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

This flower-pot and stand, she bought herself.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The good mouse consented, but the cat crept behind the town walls to the church, and devoured half the pot of fat.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Dried fruits were less expensive than fresh, and he had usually a pot of them, cooked and ready at hand, for they took the place of butter on his bread.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"Go on," Henry pleaded, elevating the pot.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The ink-pots of civilization, sir.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For the matter of the ale, continued brother John, I had come in hot from the fields and had scarce got the taste of the thing before mine eye lit upon the bottom of the pot.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sometimes I saw her: she would come out of her room with a basin, or a plate, or a tray in her hand, go down to the kitchen and shortly return, generally (oh, romantic reader, forgive me for telling the plain truth!) bearing a pot of porter.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Messner's pot was boiling.

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

Those are people whom it's a satisfaction to help, for if they've got genius, it's an honor to be allowed to serve them, and not let it be lost or delayed for want of fuel to keep the pot boiling.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"Oz keeps a great pot of courage in his Throne Room," said the man, "which he has covered with a golden plate, to keep it from running over. He will be glad to give you some."

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

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