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DOOR

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door substantiv

1. uşă;

front door uşă principală, uşă de intrare într-o casă;

street door uşa de la stradă;

sliding door uşă glisantă;

next door a) (în) casa de alături / vecină; b) (în) camera alăturată;

he lives four doors off locuieşte cu patru case mai departe;

(fig.) next door to aproape de, la doi paşi de;

cheating is next door to stealing nu este decât un pas de la înşelătorie la furt;

at death’s door în pragul morţii, la doi paşi de moarte;

with closed doors în secret;

out of doors în aer liber; afară;

to turn smb. out of doors a da pe cineva afară;

to be out of doors a nu fi în casă, a fi afară;

to play out of doors a se juca în aer liber;

he shall never darken my doors again n-o să-mi mai calce pragul (niciodată);

the fault lies at his door e vina lui, el e vinovat;

the door leads out into the street uşa dă în stradă;

to speak within doors a vorbi cu jumătate de gură / în şoaptă;

within doors v. indoors;

to shut / to slam / to bang the door in smb.’s face a închide / a trânti uşa în nasul cuiva;

to show smb. the door a conduce pe cineva până la uşă / la ieşire;

to lay the fault at another person’s door a da vina pe altul, a face pe altcineva răspunzător.

2. intrare, cale de acces; ieşire;

a door to success o cale către izbândă;

to close the door to a tăia calea către, a opri, a face imposibil;

to open the door to a deschide calea (cu dat.), a da posibilitatea (cu dat.);

to shut the door (up)on a renunţa la.

3. (tehn.) clapetă, şuber, registru.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

At last I got clear, but by the time I had opened the door and reached the house the creature was gone.

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

We had reached Baker Street and had stopped at the door.

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

But you've got the door shut on them now?

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Lestrade was waiting for us at the door.

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

Passing through this, he opened another door, and motioned me to enter.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"Did you lock the front door?" Matt demanded.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

As he took me out at the door, my mother ran towards us.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

A knock came on the door.

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

The door closed and she was gone.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Everything is carried to a certain door, which forms the one connection.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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