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SING

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sing I. substantiv

cânt(are);

the kettle was on the sing ceainicul cânta.

sing II. past sang, part. trec. sung verb A. tranzitiv

a cânta (o arie, un cântec);

to sing smth. to the tune of a cânta ceva pe melodia;

to sing in tune a cânta corect;

to sing out of tune a cânta fals;

to sing smb. to sleep a adormi pe cineva cântându-i, a cânta pentru a adormi pe cineva;

(fam.) to be always singing the same song a cânta întotdeauna mereu acelaşi cântec / refren;

to sing smb.’s exploits a glorifica / a slăvi / a cânta faptele de vitejie ale cuiva.

sing II. past sang, part. trec. sung verb B. intranzitiv

1. a cânta.

2. (despre proiectile, vânt etc.) a şuiera; (despre urechi) a vâjâi;

the kettle sings ceainicul fierbe;

to sing to the guitar a se acompania la ghitară; a cânta acompaniat de ghitară.

3. (fam.) to sing small a o Iăsa mai moale, a mai lăsa din pretenţii;

to make smb. sing small a (mai) tăia nasul cuiva.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I think I must have lain in her arms, and heard her singing so to me when I was but a baby.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I was not aware he could sing.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I shall sing no more to-night.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Bird,” he said, “how beautifully you sing! Sing me that song again.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Do your sisters play and sing?

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He could sing a little himself.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

But her singing he did not question.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Mother is so splendid, she'd do you heaps of good, and Beth would sing to you if I begged her to, and Amy would dance.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Then I had a vague memory of something long and dark with red eyes, just as we saw in the sunset, and something very sweet and very bitter all around me at once; and then I seemed sinking into deep green water, and there was a singing in my ears, as I have heard there is to drowning men; and then everything seemed passing away from me; my soul seemed to go out from my body and float about the air.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

How they are singing out!

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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