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STILL

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still¹ I. adjectiv

1. liniştit, tihnit, calm; nemişcat, imobil;

to keep still a tăcea, a păstra linişte;

to stand still a sta nemişcat.

2. (despre muzică ) încet, liniştit.

3. tăcut, silenţios.

4. (înv.) constant.

still¹ II. substantiv

1. linişte, tăcere;

the still of the night tăcerea nopţii.

2. (sl.) copil născut mort.

3. (fot.) fotografie de publicitate.

4. (TV.) decor de studio.

still¹ III. verb A. tranzitiv

a linişti, a calma, a potoli;

to still a child a potoli un copil / plânsetele unui copil;

(fam.) to still a person’s din a astupa gura cuiva.

still¹ III. verb B. intranzitiv

(rar) a se potoli, a se linişti;

when the tempest stills când se potoleşte furtuna.

still² I. adverb

1. întotdeauna, mereu, neîntrerupt.

2. mai, încă; şi acum; şi;

we are still of the same opinion mai suntem (încă) de aceeaşi părere;

still greater things were expected lucruri şi mai importante erau aşteptate.

3. totuşi, cu toate acestea;

to be rich and still crave more a fi bogat şi totuşi a râvni la mai mult.

still² II. conjuncție

totuşi, dar;

it was late, still they drove on era târziu, totuşi ei mânau mai departe.

still³ I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a distila.

2. (înv.) a lăsa să picure (lacrimi).

still³ I. verb B. intranzitiv

a picura.

still³ II. substantiv

1. alambic, distilator.

2. distilerie.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

You must remember that they knew, and only they knew, that I was still alive.

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

Very curious, and the story that hangs round it will strike you as being more curious still.

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

I am still in the dark.

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

But, still worse, it seemed that his spirit was broken.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

And still he could not understand.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Then Toto came up, and immediately began to bark, but Dorothy made him be still.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

I am thinking still, and as yet have come to no definite conclusion.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"Julia's hair curls naturally," returned Miss Temple, still more quietly.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Isabella, my brother, and Mr. Thorpe, I declare! They are coming for me perhaps—but I shall not go—I cannot go indeed, for you know Miss Tilney may still call.”

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Now do be still, and stop bothering.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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