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WINK

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wink I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a clipi;

to wink at smb. a face cu ochiul cuiva;

(fam.) to wink at an abuse a închide ochii la un abuz.

2. (despre stele etc.) a scânteia, a sclipi, a licări.

wink I. verb B. tranzitiv

to wink one's eye a clipi din ochi;

to wink assent a-şi arăta aprobarea printr-o clipire;

to wink a tear away a clipi din ochi pentru a şterge o lacrimă.

wink II. substantiv

1. clipire (din ochi).

2. clipită, clipă;

he was gone in a wink a dispărut într-o clipă.

3. (fam.) pui de somn.

4. licărire, pâlpâire.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I saw him wink, solemnly, at his sister, as he rose and said, taking up the cane: Why, Jane, we can hardly expect Clara to bear, with perfect firmness, the worry and torment that David has occasioned her today.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

As we left the house in my fly, which was waiting, Van Helsing said:—To-night I can sleep in peace, and sleep I want—two nights of travel, much reading in the day between, and much anxiety on the day to follow, and a night to sit up, without to wink.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The little girl began to weep, she was so much disappointed; and the eyes winked again and looked upon her anxiously, as if the Great Oz felt that she could help him if she would.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

As we were going along, Mr. Barkis turned to me, and said, with a wink,—by the by, I should hardly have thought, before, that he could wink: What name was it as I wrote up in the cart?

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Miss Mowcher winked assent.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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