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TAKING UP

Traducere în limba română

taking up substantiv

1. depavare (a unei străzi).

2. (fot.) rulare (a filmului).

3. adoptare (a unei idei etc.).

4. (auto) absorbţie (a şocului).

5. (tehn.) reglaj (al unui lagăr, al jocului excesiv); compensare (a uzurii).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Come, according to promise, to bid farewell to 't, eh, Mas'r Davy?” he said, taking up the candle.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then the sheet gave with greater ease, and Wolf Larsen was beside me, heaving in alone while I was busied taking up the slack.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

In contrast, Earth’s solid core is about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) across, taking up a little more than a third of this planet’s entire core.

(A Closer Look at Mercury’s Spin and Gravity Reveals the Planet’s Inner Solid Core, NASA)

The world's forests are increasingly taking up more carbon, partially offsetting the carbon being released by the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation in the tropics, according to a new study.

(World's forests increasingly taking up more carbon, National Science Foundation)

For my part, I let him have his own way in going to London and in taking up this challenge.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As a result, liver cells became incapable of taking up HDL cholesterol from the blood.

(When HDL cholesterol doesn’t protect against heart disease, NIH)

Dr Hazarika of the team said, "We are now taking up some scientific works to maintain the original degree of pungency of bhot jolokia which we found eight years back".

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)

She said "Good morning, Miss," in her usual phlegmatic and brief manner; and taking up another ring and more tape, went on with her sewing.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

"Stay where you are, Jo. I'm errand boy to this establishment," said Laurie, taking up his cap.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

How does Lord Macartney go on? —opening a volume on the table and then taking up some others.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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