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SWALLOW

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swallow¹ I. substantiv

1. gâtlej, beregată;

(fam.) there is no yarn too big for his swallow nu există minciună pe care să n-o creadă, înghite orice trăsnaie.

2. înghiţitură;

to drink at one swallow a bea dintr-o înghiţitură.

3. (geol.) puţ natural.

swallow¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a înghiţi.

2. (fig.) a înăbuşi, a stăpâni (o emoţie), a înghiţi (lacrimile).

3. (fig.) a înghiţi, a crede (poveşti);

to swallow an affront a înghiţi o insultă.

4. to swallow up a înghiţi.

swallow¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

a înghiţi saliva (cu prilejul unei emoţii).

swallow² substantiv

(ornit.) rândunică (Hirundo).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

She went very slowly across the room, for pride was hard to swallow, and stood by him, but he did not turn his head.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Red-Cap.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

He took the meat into his mouth and swallowed it.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) of the University of Granada (UGR) have designed a test to detect dysphagia, a disorder that prevents people from swallowing when eating.

(Scientists designed the first test to detect dysphagia, University of Granada)

He swallowed the contents and returned it to me.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

This deeper anxiety swallowed them up.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

You get them when you swallow their eggs.

(Pinworms, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Substance remaining in the pharynx after swallowing.

(Pharyngeal Residue, NCI Thesaurus)

The patient swallows the capsule and it takes pictures as it travels through the digestive tract.

(Capsule endoscope, NCI Dictionary)

And Keesh continued to run away and drop little round balls, and the bear continued to swallow them up.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

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