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WEATHER
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Traducere în limba română
weather I. substantiv
1. vreme, timp, stare atmosferică;
fine weather vreme frumoasă;
queen's weather vreme senină / frumoasă;
what's the weather like? cum e timpul?;
above the weather a) (despre un avion etc. ) foarte sus; mult deasupra norilor; b) (fam. ) înzdrăvenit, care şi-a revenit;
(fam.) under the weather a) bolnav, indispus, care nu se simte bine; b) în pană (de bani); c) ameţit (de băutură);
2. schimbare a vremii; vremuire.
3. (adesea pl.) schimbare (a vieţii, soartei etc.).
4. vreme urâtă; furtună.
5. umezeală şi frig.
6. (mar. ) bordul în vânt.
weather II. vb. A. tranzitiv
1. a aera, a aerisi; a usca în aer.
2. a altera (prin influenţe climatice).
3. (mar.) a dubla (un cap).
weather II. vb. B. intranzitiv
1. a se uza.
2. a se schimba datorită influenţelor climatice.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
But it was then too late, and with a countenance meaning to be open, she sat down again and talked of the weather.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
Some minutes passed in this unpleasant silence, with only one attempt on Emma's side to talk of the weather, but he made no answer.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
The weather has been so very warm these last few days.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Our weather must not always be judged by the calendar.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
“Do you mean a compliment?” said Dora, “or that the weather has really changed?”
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Still more strange was it to see him in the heaviest of weather cross the deck.
(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
"No doubt about the weather today, they will certainly come, so we must fly round and be ready for them," said Amy, as the sun woke her next morning.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Their hope lies in keeping a weather position so that they may run before the wind for the schooner when it breezes up.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
Joseph and the groom found marks on the bed outside the window, but the weather has been so dry lately that they found it hopeless to follow the trail across the grass.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But as the weather grew so bad and there was a storm of rain and wind, he could go no farther, and turned back to the mill and begged for shelter.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)