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LEAP

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leap I. past şi part. trec. leaped sau leapt verb A. intranzitiv

1. a sări, a sălta, a face salturi;

to leap to one's feet a sări în picioare;

to leap on to one's horse a sări /a se arunca pe cal;

to leap for joy a sări în sus, a ţopăi de bucurie;

to leap no with indigation a sări în sus de îndignare.

2. (despre inimă) a sălta, a bate.

3. (şi to leap up) (despre flacără etc.) a ţâşni.

leap I. past şi part. trec. leaped sau leapt verb B. tranzitiv

1. a sări (o groapă), a trece (o groapă) printr-un salt / printr-o săritură.

2. a face să sară;

to leap a horse over a ditch a face un cal să sară şanţul, a trece şanţul călare sărind.

leap II. substantiv

1. salt, săritură;

to take a leap a face un salt;

(fig.) to take a leap in the dark a face un salt în necunoscut, a se aventura, a se hazarda; a acţiona orbeşte;

to advance by leaps and hounds a înainta prin salturi;

prices were rising by leaps and bounds preţurile se ridicau / creşteau nebuneste.

2. obstacol (de sărit).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

At first, the wall had leaped beyond his vision.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

They leaped upon it like cats upon a mouse.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then the little tailor leapt down.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

My heart leaped as I saw it, for I felt that the end was coming.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

He must have leaped, also, at the same instant, straight down on Wolf Larsen.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"I have had a great visioning," he said, and at the sound of his words in his own ears his heart gave a leap.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long.

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

It happened that a young female Yahoo, standing behind a bank, saw the whole proceeding, and inflamed by desire, as the nag and I conjectured, came running with all speed, and leaped into the water, within five yards of the place where I bathed.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Though possessed of half a dozen hats, it took him some time to find one, then there was a hunt for the key, which was at last discovered in his pocket, so that the girls were quite out of sight when he leaped the fence and ran after them.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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