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CENTRE

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centre I. substantiv

1. centru; punct central; miez, inimă;

centre boss of a wheel butucul roţii;

centre of attraction centrul atenţiei, punctul de atracţie;

centre of buoyancy a) (mar.) centru de flotabilitate; b) (av.) centrul portanţei unui aerostat;

(mil.) centre of impact direcţia loviturii principale.

2. oraş, centru;

industrial centre centru industrial / muncitoresc.

3. (tehn.) şablon, echer, colţar, vinclu.

centre II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a aşeza, a pune în centru, în mijloc; a centra; a concentra (şi fig.);

to centre one’s hope on / in smb. a-şi pune (toate) speranţele în cineva;

the interest centres in interesul rezidă în; interesul se concentrează asupra (cu gen.);

the discussion centred round one point discuţia se învârtea în jurul unui singur punct.

2. (tehn.) a centra; a potrivi; a marca cu punctatorul.

centre II. verb B. intranzitiv

a fi / a se afla în centru / în mijloc; a se concentra.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

A desk stood in the centre, with a turning-chair of shining red leather.

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

Then with a double spring he cleared the outer and inner line of rope, and stood with his arms folded in the centre.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Remember the friends around you, who centre all their hopes in you.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

These two men, close and confidential friends, are the centre of the household; but there is one other person who for our immediate purpose may be even more important.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are like little white dots with red centres.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

By this time he had become the centre of interest.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Passing through the City Hall Park, he had noticed a group of men, in the centre of which were half a dozen, with flushed faces and raised voices, earnestly carrying on a discussion.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

It will give you every thing that you want—consideration, independence, a proper home—it will fix you in the centre of all your real friends, close to Hartfield and to me, and confirm our intimacy for ever.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Anne, really tired herself, was glad to sit down; and she very soon heard Captain Wentworth and Louisa in the hedge-row, behind her, as if making their way back along the rough, wild sort of channel, down the centre.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

He could allow his sister to be the best judge of her own happiness, but he was not pleased that her happiness should centre in a large income; nor could he refrain from often saying to himself, in Mr. Rushworth's company—If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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