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CARPET

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carpet I. substantiv

1. covor, scoarţă;

on the carpet a) (despre o problemă) în discuţie, pe tapet, la ordinea zilei, care se dezbate; b) judecat, criticat, pe banca acuzaţilor;

to call smb. on the carpet a lua pe cineva la zor / la rost / la trei păzeşte / la refec, a mustra pe cineva;

(amer. sl.) to stop off the carpet a se căsători; a se însura; a se mărita;

to walk the carpet a primi o mustrare, a fi certat, a fi muştruluit.

2. (fig.) covor, linţoliu, aşternut.

3. (constr. ) îmbrăcăminte (a drumului); strat de protecţie, strat superficial.

carpet II. verb tranzitiv

1. a aşterne / a acoperi cu covoare.

2. (fig.) a acoperi, a aşterne;

the valley is carpeted with verdure valea e acoperită cu un covor verde.

3. a lua la rost / la refec; a muştrului; a cere socoteală (cu dat.).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The room into which we were shown was that in which the crime had been committed, but no trace of it now remained save an ugly, irregular stain upon the carpet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I passed that off, and brought Mr. Dick on the carpet.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Well, last Monday evening I was taking a stroll down that way, when I met an empty van coming up the lane, and saw a pile of carpets and things lying about on the grass-plot beside the porch.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He took the corner of the carpet in his hand and, turning it over, he showed that it was indeed as he said.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You see that stain on the carpet?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I picked it up from the carpet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have finished with the carpet.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The instrument with which the injury had been inflicted lay upon the carpet beside him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The two stains did correspond, but the carpet has been turned round.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But what I want to know is, who shifted the carpet, and why?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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