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PURSE

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purse I. substantiv

1. pungă (de bani); chimir; portmoneu;

State purse vistieria statului;

the public purse finanţele statului, banul public;

(prov.) you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear din coadă de câine sită de mătase nu se face;

to open one's purse a dezlega băierile pungii, a-şi dezbăiera punga;

to button up one's purse a strânge / a lega băierile pungii, a fi zgârcit, a se zgârci;

to ease smb. of his purse a uşura pe cineva de pungă;

to have a common purse a suporta cheltuielile în comun, a împărţi cheltuielile.

2. bani, parale, bogăţie;

big / fat / heavy / long / well-lined purse pungă doldora, bănet;

to have a well-lined purse a fi doldora de / plin de bani;

lean / light / short / slender purse pungă uşoară, lipsă de bani, sărăcie;

(prov.) a light purse is a heavy curse lipsa de bani e cea mai mare năpastă;

to be out of purse a fi în pierdere; a fi lefter;

my purse is empty n-am un chior, n-am para chioară, sunt lefter, n-am un ban în pungă;

I don’t know the length of his purse nu ştiu dacă îi permite punga;

it is beyond my purse aceasta nu e pentru punga mea;

purse and person banii şi posesorul lor;

to lay up a purse a face avere.

3. fond de bani, premiu;

to make up a purse a strânge bani (prin subscripţie).

4. (zool. etc.) pungă, marsupiu.

5. (mar.) matiţă (în năvod).

purse II. verb tranzitiv

a încreţi (fruntea); a încrunta din (sprâncene);

to purse up one's lips (sau mouth) a se bosumfla; a-şi ţuguia buzele.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It was one thing to fight as you and I have fought in our youth, and it was another to compete for a purse of gold.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The purse I have already given you, Edricson,” continued the lady.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“They would have had the lady’s purse and watch if it hadn’t been for him. They were a gang, and a rough one, too. Ah, he’s breathing now.”

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

“Well,” returned Mr. Waterbrook, pursing up his mouth, and playing with his watch-chain, in a comfortable, prosperous sort of way.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I looked for my purse.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Catherine had never thought on the subject till that moment, but, upon examining her purse, was convinced that but for this kindness of her friend, she might have been turned from the house without even the means of getting home; and the distress in which she must have been thereby involved filling the minds of both, scarcely another word was said by either during the time of their remaining together.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Mrs. March put the note in the fire, the money in her purse, and went on with her preparations, with her lips folded tightly in a way which Jo would have understood if she had been there.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

His majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred sprugs a-piece, together with his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.

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

“Information that’s worth money,” said Warr, and pursed up his lips.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Throw the man my purse, Edricson, and let us go.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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