OUNCE

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Traducere în limba română

ounce¹ substantiv

1. uncie (= 28,35 g).

2. (fig.) pic, dram;

he hasn't got an ounce of sense n-are nici un dram de bun simţ.

ounce² substantiv (zool.)

1. pisică-sălbatică (din Tibet şi sudul Siberiei) (Felis uncia).

2. jaguar (Felis onca).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Every ounce will tell,” said he.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a stiff pull, but their weariness fell from them as they crouched low to the snow, whining with eagerness and gladness as they struggled upward to the last ounce of effort in their bodies.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

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