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VEIL

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Traducere în limba română

veil I. substantiv

1. voal, văl (de doliu, de călugărie etc.);

to take the veil a se călugări.

2. cortină, perdea;

to draw a / the veil over a lăsa vălul peste, a trece sub tăcere.

3. (lit.) giulgiu; mormânt;

to pass beyond the veil a muri.

4. pretext, mască;

under the veil of sub pretextul (cu gen.)

5. (bot. etc.) văl, membrană.

6. voalare (a vocii).

veil II. verb tranzitiv

1. a învălui, a acoperi cu un văl.

2. (fig.) a ascunde, a tăinui, a masca, a deghiza, a camufla.

3. (fot.) a voala (un clişeu ).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Oh! I would not tell you what is behind the black veil for the world!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

They were admirable things for the observer—excellent for drawing the veil from men’s motives and actions.

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

We men pledged ourselves to raise the veil of sorrow from the head of her whom, each in his own way, we loved; and we prayed for help and guidance in the terrible task which lay before us.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

She made some idle remark, looking at me, and laughed lightly enough; but I saw her eyes return to his, involuntarily, as though fascinated; then they fell, but not swiftly enough to veil the rush of terror that filled them.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Jo felt as if a veil had fallen between her heart and Beth's, but when she put out her hand to lift it up, there seemed something sacred in the silence, and she waited for Beth to speak.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The veil that has long been interposed between Mrs. Micawber and myself, is now withdrawn, said Mr. Micawber; and my children and the Author of their Being can once more come in contact on equal terms.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Yes, I have been reading it ever since I woke; and I am got to the black veil.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Oh! The dreadful black veil!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

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