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POTATO

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Traducere în limba română

potato substantiv

1. (bot.) cartof (Solanum tuberosum);

(fam.) small potatoes a) fleacuri, mofturi, nimicuri; b) oameni mici, oameni de nimic;

(fam.) he thinks himself no small potatoes are o părere destul de bună despre sine, e îngâmfat;

(fam.) quite the potato tocmai ceea ce trebuie / ceea ce se cade;

(fam.) not quite the clean potato nu chiar uşă de biserică; persoană dubioasă / suspectă.

2. plural (amer. sl.) bani, pitaci, gologani.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The fish were small and bony, and the potatoes were a little burnt.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Pea-soup was a common article in his diet, as well as potatoes and beans, the latter large and brown and cooked in Mexican style.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The white man lives under the sun, so said Yamikan, where there be much warmth, and animals have only hair and no fur, and the green things grow large and strong and become flour, and beans, and potatoes.

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

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