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THROWING DOWN

Traducere în limba română

throwing down substantiv

1. aruncare, azvârlire (jos); depunere (a armelor).

2. renunţare (la un proiect).

3. dărâmare (a unui zid etc.).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I am glad of it, said he, in a much brisker tone, and throwing down the newspaper again, for I am tired to death.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

A swarm of ostlers and grooms had rushed out to us, and my uncle, throwing down the reins, gathered Fidelio on his cushion from under the seat.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After throwing down your paper, which was the action which drew my attention to you, you sat for half a minute with a vacant expression.

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

On reaching the entrance to the forest she found the path strewed with ashes, and these she followed, throwing down some peas on either side of her at every step she took.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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