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COMPANY

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company substantiv

1. societate, adunare, lume, grup, companie, tovărăşie;

to bear / to keep (smb.) company a) a ţine de urât (cuiva), a întovărăşi, a însoţi (pe cineva); b) (fam.) a face curte (cuiva); a linguşi;

to weep for company a plânge alături de un prieten, a împărtăşi durerea cuiva;

good company societate, tovărăşie bună, mediu sănătos;

bad company companie proastă, dăunătoare, cârdăşie, înhăitare;

(înv.) carriage company societate înaltă (oameni care dispun de trăsuri proprii);

to fall into company with smb. a se întâlni întâmplător cu cineva;

a man is known by the company he keeps spune-mi cu cine te-nsoţeşti ca să-ţi spun cine eşti;

(fam.) present company excepted făcând abstracţie de cei de faţă, cei de faţă fiind excluşi;

to sin in good company a greşi cu scuza că au greşit şi alţii;

two is company, but three is none unde sunt doi, al treilea e de prisos;

to part company with a) a rupe cu, a înceta legăturile cu; b) a se despărţi de.

2. societate, companie, întreprindere (industrială sau comercială);

(ist.) John Company Compania Indiei de Est;

joint-stock company societate pe acţiuni;

private company societate în nume colectiv;

holding company societate pe acţiuni care deţine şi controlează acţiuni ale altor societăţi.

3. musafir, oaspete;

to receive a great deal of company a primi mulţi oaspeţi / musafiri, multe vizite;

Smith & Co. Smith şi Co(mpania);

to see company a primi (lume), a da recepţii;

to see no company a nu vedea pe nimeni, a nu primi (lume).

4. om de lume / de societate, om sociabil; partener;

he is poor company nu e om de lume / de societate, e un partener plictisitor;

he is good company e foarte amuzant în societate.

5. companie, trupă, ansamblu (de teatru).

6. echipaj (de vas).

7. (mil.) companie.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

You'll have me for company, if that's any comfort.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I observe that you have an attachment to low and common company.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He might have been in Mr Elliot's company, but she had not courage to ask the question.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Have you no present interest in any of the company who occupy the sofas and chairs before you?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It was only the need of getting in the account of my meeting which drew me at last from his company.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Your contact may be working at a new company and have just the right spot for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

"I shall be glad to have your company," said Dorothy.

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

Both he and his company would often descend to ask me questions, and receive my answers.

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

“Do you receive much company?” he asked.

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

If it were that any one went into that place to stay, it is I who would have to go to keep them company."

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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