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COUNTRY

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Traducere în limba română

country substantiv

1. ţară, stat;

in this country în ţara noastră, la noi;

(fam.) country of old maids Anglia;

(prov.) every country has its customs, so many countries, so many customs câte bordeie atâtea obiceie;

to appeal / to go to the country a dizolva parlamentul şi a fixa noi alegeri;

to put oneself on one's / the country a se adresa alegătorilor.

2. patrie;

to leave the country a pleca în străinătate;

mother country a) Anglia; b) patrie;

the old country a) Anglia; b) patria, ţara de origine a unui emigrant.

3. ţară, provincie; sat;

to go down into the country a pleca în provincie;

in the country a) la ţară; b) (sl. sport) (despre o lovitură) în gol; aiurea, prea departe, la ţară;

in the open country în sânul naturii.

4. loc, ţinut, tărâm, meleag, regiune;

perpendicular country ţinut muntos.

5. uscat, pământ.

6. (fig.) sferă, domeniu;

this subject is quite unknown country to me chestiunea aceasta e dintr-un domeniu de care sunt cu totul străin.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Evidently because he saw something in it which had escaped all those generations of country squires, and from which he expected some personal advantage.

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

I argued that the man was probably in London, and that he would desire to leave the country for a time.

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

Would you write to me on Twitter or Instagram to tell me if you have these big shopping days, too, in your country?

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

My country rounds, she added at length, brought me to Norwich, Mr. Copperfield, the night before last.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It seemed to have in it a whole history of the country.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

These men had been long in the country.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

"There is a lovelier country even than that, where we shall go, by-and-by, when we are good enough," answered Meg with her sweetest voice.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Yes, our little place is quite out in the country.

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

Also, I would hear the name of that country.

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

It is as if you met a tram-car coming down a country lane.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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