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SIGN

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sign I. substantiv

1. semn, indiciu, marcă, simptom;

sign of bad breeding indiciu de proastă creştere;

signs of the times semnele timpurilor, tendinţa vremurilor.

2. semn, gest, mişcare;

to make a sign to smb. a face un semn cuiva.

3. emblemă, firmă;

an illuminated sign o reclamă luminoasă;

street with traffic signs stradă cu indicatoare.

4. urmă;

to show no sign of life a nu da semne de viaţă.

sign II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a însemna, a marca (ceva) cu un semn.

2. a semna, a iscăli.

3. to sign away a ceda în scris (dreptul asupra unui teren etc.);

to sign on a angaja (în serviciu);

to sign to smb. to do smth. a face cuiva semn să facă ceva, a face semne, a gesticula.

sign II. verb B. intranzitiv

to sign off a semna în condică (la ieşirea din serviciu);

to sign on a) a se angaja (în serviciu); b) a semna în condică (la intrarea în serviciu);

to sign up a se înscrie (la o şcoală).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

You shall kiss her once before it is done, but then you must go; and you must leave at my sign.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The next day we waited, and the next, and still he made no sign.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

There were no signs of violence.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I ain't seen a rabbit sign for days."

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Also of looking round the room for any sign of Dora, and seeing none.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Mother said he was quite right to make me swear, and that it was a sign of his passion.

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

You shall see her if you sign.

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

He stared up for a moment at the sign.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Whereupon I made a sign that he should place his hand on the ground.

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

The first signs of damage were observed just 24 hours after of exposure.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

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