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Romanian
Noun
mânuri
- (Transylvania, Moldavia (region)) plural of mână
Și cad în brânci și se proptesc cu mânurile de pereți- They fall on their arms, and they steady themselves with their hands against the walls.
(Mihail Sadoveanu, "Balada bețivilor")Am disat că o vinit la noi, s-o băgat în casă, avem lădoi după masă şi s-o pus pă lădoi şi cotile pă masă şi mânurile pă cap, nu s-o uitat la noi.- I dreamed that he came at home, he entered the house, we had a wooden sofa with storage behind the table, he sat on the sofa, he put his elbows on the table and his hands behind his head, and stared at us.
(Maria Vid)[1]D-apăi, zice, bine da o zis să-ț tai mânurile... Ș-o pus mânurile pă creangă și i le-o tăiet și i le o dus.- Well, he said, all right then, but he told me to cut your hands off... She put her hands on the bough, and he cut them off, and carried them away.
[2]Când nu poate fa’ nimică
Vede p-a cui mânuri pică- When his strength decays and stalls,
Man sees in whose hands he falls
(Alexandru Pop)[3]
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