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DISTANCE

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distance I. substantiv

1. distanţă, depărtare;

(opt.) distance between pupils ecartament vizual.

2. loc, punct depărtat;

at (a) distance; in the distance departe, în depărtare;

from a distance de la distanţă, de departe;

it is quite a distance from here e destul de departe, e o distanţă bună de aici;

(fig.) to keep / to know one’s distance a se ţine la distanţă, a nu-şi permite familiarităţi; a fi rezervat; a-şi cunoaşte locul;

to keep smb. at a distance a ţine pe cineva la distanţă;

out of distance from prea departe de.

3. (arte) perspectivă;

the middle distance planul al doilea / de mijloc.

4. parcurs; interval, distanţă în spaţiu şi în timp; bucată (de vreme);

the distance between two events intervalul între două evenimente;

at this distance of time de atunci, după atâta vreme.

5. (muz.) intervalul între două note;

the distance of a fourth intervalul de cuartă.

6. (sport) lungimea / distanţa unei curse de hipodrom (la cursele de cai).

distance II. verb tranzitiv

1. a depărta, a face să pară îndepărtat.

2. a distanţa, a lăsa în urmă, a întrece (şi fig.).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He had turned also, and still kept his distance until the curve of the road hid them from my sight.

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

Or is this a friendship you must distance yourself from to be truly free?

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Why, I am amazed at the distance I have come already.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

His eyes were large, and between them was the distance of two eyes.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The window at a little distance from which I know he is having his dinner, stands for him, and I eye that instead.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I knew pretty well the direction and distance of the Count's window, and made for it as well as I could, having regard to the opportunities available.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

As though from a great distance, he was aware that he was being beaten.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

Many bore huge burdens upon their backs, though what it was that they carried he could not tell at the distance.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Keep your distance and all is well.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The children, however, saw them coming from a distance.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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