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SLIPPERY
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Traducere în limba română
slippery adjectiv
1. alunecos, lunecos;
to be on slippery ground a fi pe un teren lunecos.
2. (fig.) nesigur, nestabil.
3. şiret, subtil;
he’s as slippery as an eel îţi alunecă printre degete ca ţiparul / ca o zvârlugă.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
At another time Spitz went through, dragging the whole team after him up to Buck, who strained backward with all his strength, his fore paws on the slippery edge and the ice quivering and snapping all around.
(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)