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SNAKE

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snake I. substantiv

şarpe;

water snake şarpe-de-apă;

(fig.) a snake in the grass un duşman ascuns, un om fals;

(fam.) to see snakes a avea vedenii;

(fig.) to warm / to cherish a snake in one’s bosom a încălzi / a creşte un şarpe la sân;

(amer. sl.) to have snakes in one’s boots a fi agitat / excitat, a avea draci.

snake II. A. verb intranzitiv

(amer.) (şi to snake along) a se târî, a se încolăci ca un şarpe.

snake II. B. tranzitiv

1. (amer.) a răsuci în spirală, a încolăci (frânghii, lanţuri).

2. to snake in / out a trage / a târî înăuntru sau afară (ca un şarpe în gaură).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

And still you struggle in my grip. You kick with your legs. Your body draws itself up in knots like a snake’s.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

When my Em'ly took flight, he said, in stern wrath for the moment, from the house wheer she was made a prisoner by that theer spotted snake as Mas'r Davy see,—and his story's trew, and may GOD confound him!—she took flight in the night.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The idea of a snake instantly occurred to me, and when I coupled it with my knowledge that the doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from India, I felt that I was probably on the right track.

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

As one is afraid of a snake, or a tiger, or a shark?

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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