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SEAT

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seat substantiv

1. loc de şezut, scaun (cu spetează); bancă; banehetă (în autobuz, în tren etc.); bancă (de amfiteatru); şea (de bicicletă); scaun (de closet);

adjustable seat scaun reglabil;

corner seat loc din colţ;

driver’s seat capră de trăsură; scaun al vatmanului; pernă a şoferului;

folding seat scaun pliant;

(auto, teatru etc.) flap / brocket / folding / emergency seat strapontină;

front seat loc în faţă (într-un vagon etc.);

pilot’s / caulker’s seat cutie a lustragiului;

rower’s seat bancă a lopătarilor / a vâslaşilor;

(ferov.) seat of the guard loc al conductorului (de tren);

seat of honour loc de onoare;

seat of a valve scaun al ventilului;

unconfortable seat scaun neconfortabil;

to take a / one’s seat a se aşeza, a sta jos; a lua loc;

(ferov.) take your seats! urcaţi!

to keep one’s seat a rămâne pe scaun / jos / aşezat;

pray take a seat luaţi loc, vă rog;

tell me what seat to take spuneţi-mi unde să mă aşed;

to beg smb. to resume his seat a ruga pe cineva să ia loc / să stea jos / să se aşeze din nou;

car with four seats maşină cu patru locuri;

to give smb. a seat beside the driver a aşeza pe cineva lângă şofer;

to have seats a avea locuri de stat jos;

to book a seat a reţine un loc;

I want two seats am nevoie de două locuri jos.

2. strană.

3. loc (la teatru, în parlament etc.);

cheap seats locuri ieftine;

reserved seat loc rezervat;

seat in the stalls fotoliu de orchestră;

he has a seat in the House el este membru al parlamentului;

he has a seat on the Board el este membru al consiliului de administraţie;

to take one’s seat at the council table a lua loc la o deliberare;

to vacate one’s seat a demisiona, a-şi da demisia;

to lose one’s seat a nu fi reales în parlament.

4. fotoliu de preşedinte, tron.

5. scaun judecătoresc, judecată, tribunal (v. şi judg(e)ment seat).

6. fund (de scaun); jeţ;

cane seat scaun de trestie;

rush seat scaun de paie;

upholstered seat periniţă de rezemat picioarele.

7. (fam.) posterior, fund, dos, şezut;

he came down on his seat a căzut în fund; s-a aşezat.

8. fund tur (de pantaloni);

he has worn out the seat of his trousers nu mai are fund la pantaloni.

9. sediu, reşedinţă (a guvernului etc.).

10. centru (judecătoresc, intelectual etc.);

seat of arts locaş al artelor;

seat of learning lăcaş al ştiinţei;

seat of Muses sălaş al muzelor.

11. focar (al unei boli, al unui fenomen etc.);

(med.) this is the seat of the trouble aici s-a cuibărit răul.

12. conac, casă la ţară (v. şi country scat).

13. scenă, teatru;

seat of war teatru de război.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Yes, but my wife, Grete, too,” said he, and he seated himself with her at the table.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

She left her seat, she would go; one half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half, or always suspecting the other of being worse than it was.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Miss Temple got up, took her hand and examined her pulse; then she returned to her own seat: as she resumed it, I heard her sigh low.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

There is an additional cause in that poor old Mr. Swales was found dead this morning on our seat, his neck being broken.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Finally, he commanded me to resume my seat at the cabin table for a time and let the cook do my work.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Pray take a seat, Miss Hunter.

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

We were shown in, and after a long wait were at last admitted into the consulting-room, where we found the doctor seated behind his table.

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

Holmes was seated at his side-table clad in his dressing-gown, and working hard over a chemical investigation.

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

Jo's sudden change of tone made the girls laugh, but all looked rather anxious, and no one said a word as Snodgrass took his seat.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Agnes, sitting on the seat before me, in the same box, with a lady and gentleman beside her, whom I didn't know.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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