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ROW

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row¹ substantiv

1. rând, şir, linte; coloană;

in a row în rând / şir, într-o coloană;

in rows în rânduri;

to set in a row a înşirui, a alinia;

(amer.) to have a hard row to hoe a sta în faţa unei probleme greu de rezolvat, a avea o misiune greu de îndeplinit;

(amer.) it does not amount to a row of beans / pins nu face nici două parale / nici cât o ceapă degerată.

2. rând de case; străduţă.

row² I. verb A. intranzitiv

a vâsli, a lopăta;

(amer., pol., sl.) to row up Salt River a suferi un eşec / o înfrângere în alegeri;

to row over the river a traversa râul cu barca;

to row round the island a face înconjurul insulei vâslind;

to row up towards the source of the river a urca spre izvorul râului lopătând;

to row down the river a vâsli în josul râului;

to row in the same boat a fi de aceeaşi părere, a se înţelege foarte bine.

row² I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a conduce (barca) vâslind.

2. a trece (pe cineva) cu barca (pe malul celălalt etc.).

row² II. substantiv

1. vâslit, canotaj.

2. plimbare cu barca.

row³ (fam.) I. substantiv

1. zgomot, vuiet, tărăboi, larmă, zarvă;

to kick up / to make a row a) face scandal / larmă / tapaj; b) a protesta;

what’s the row? ce e? ce s-a întâmplat?

2. ceartă; discuţie; încăierare;

to have a row with a se certa cu.

3. dojană, mustrare;

to get into a row a-şi atrage o mustrare; a primi o observaţie; a fi săpunit; a fi dat în tărbacă;

row³ (fam.) II. verb tranzitiv

a certa, a mustra; a lua la zor; a da în tărbacă.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Boys make such a row, and my head is weak.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She was quiet when she saw that there was no good in making a row.

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

We heard a row, as if your foot had slipped. What was it?

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There upon a shelf was the row of formidable scrap-books and books of reference which many of our fellow-citizens would have been so glad to burn.

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

I had a row over you with Mawson’s manager.

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

Small grooves, pits, and fissures are seen in mild cases, deep horizontal rows of pits in severe cases, or absence of enamel in extreme cases.

(Enamel Hypoplasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

He said that three of them were essential, and that he must keep them. ‘You cannot keep them,’ said I. ‘There will be a dreadful row at Woolwich if they are not returned.’ ‘I must keep them,’ said he, ‘for they are so technical that it is impossible in the time to make copies.’ ‘Then they must all go back together to-night,’ said I. He thought for a little, and then he cried out that he had it. ‘Three I will keep,’ said he. ‘The others we will stuff into the pocket of this young man.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For being in one of the back rows of the King's Bench the other day, with a pen in my hand, the fancy came into my head to try how I had preserved that accomplishment.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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)

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