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SPOT

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spot I. substantiv

1. loc;

on the spot pe loc; imediat, numaidecât, îndată, fără întârziere;

to act on the spot a acţiona prompt / fără întârziere;

to be on the spot a) a fi martor ocular, a fi de faţă; b) a fi atent, a nu fi gură-cască; a se dovedi la înălţimea situaţiei;

(fig., fam.) tender spot punct slab / sensibil / nevralgic.

2. plural vezi spot goods.

3. cantitate mică de mâncare sau de băutură;

how about a spot of lunch? nu luaţi ceva de dejun?;

won’t you have a spot of whisky? nu bei un strop de whisky?

4. pată; bulină; picăţea;

the spots of a leopard petele leopardului;

a blue tie with pink spots o cravată albastră cu picăţele sau buline roz.

5. pată (de murdărie); (fig.) pată morală;

without a spot on his reputation cu reputaţie nepătată / neştirbită.

6. coş, bubuliţă;

a face covered with spots o faţă plină de coşuri.

7. (amer.) situaţie grea / dificilă; situaţie neplăcută;

to put smb. on the spot a pune pe cineva într-o situaţie neplăcută.

8. local de noapte.

9. (amer.) dolar.

10. (amer.) condamnare la închisoare.

11. prognosticarea câştigului unei competiţii sportive, a unui cal la curse etc.; calul pe care s-a mizat.

12. (iht.) specie de peşte comestibil de pe coasta de est a Statelor Unite ale Americii (Heiostomus xanthurus).

spot II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a păta, a murdări, a mâzgăli.

2. (fig.) a păta, a dezonora, a înjosi.

3. a repera, a distinge, a identifica, a recunoaşte;

to spot the cause of the trouble a determina cauza defecţiunii;

to spot the winner a face prognosticuri asupra câştigătorului (unui concurs etc.);

I spotted his roguery as soon as I met him mi-am dat seama de escrocherie de îndată ce l-am întâlnit.

4. a plasa pe locul dorit.

5. (mil.) a corecta (focul).

spot II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a face pete.

2. a se păta;

this silk spots with water mătasea aceasta se pătează cu apă.

spot III. adjectiv

1. local; localizat.

2. punctiform.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The whole looked, as the host of the Rochester Arms had said, "quite a desolate spot."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Your contact may be working at a new company and have just the right spot for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

How could you hear of it in London and get to the spot as soon as I?

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

“It is possible that you may attain the very spot which I had marked out for you, but by another road,” said my uncle.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I marked it yester-night, said Felton, and no better spot could be found for our purpose, for it is very steep at the back.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her thoughts were all fixed on that one spot of Pemberley House, whichever it might be, where Mr. Darcy then was.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Indeed, as we found when we also reached the spot, it was something very different.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was a good spot for fault-finding.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“I am particularly fond of this spot,” said her companion, with a sigh.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

A ready-furnished house in a favourite spot was engaged, and much benefit expected from the change.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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