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STEADY

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steady I. adjectiv

1. ferm, tare, sigur;

to have a steady hand a avea o mână sigură.

2. neîntrerupt, continuu, constant;

steady progress progres susţinut/ neîntrerupt;

steady weather vreme stabilă;

steady pulse puls egal;

to play a steady game a juca un joc susţinut.

3. (fig.) credincios, statornic.

4. aşezat; cuminte; înţelept; serios.

steady II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a propti; a întări; a menţine.

2. a cuminţi, a potoli;

to steady the nerves a calma / a destinde nervii.

steady II. verb B. reflexiv

to steady oneself against smth. a se rezema de ceva.

steady III. substantiv

1. (amer. fam.) logodnic; logodnică; iubit; iubită.

2. suport, reazem, proptea.

steady IV. interjecție

încet(işor)! binişor!

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

If you are single, you’ll likely be circulating more in the weeks that follow, and if you are dating, you will have more fun time with your steady.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Mr. Omer looked at me, with a steady countenance, and shook his head.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“Loose it easy, steady, and yet sharp,” said Aylward.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, I have fairly steady nerves, as you know, Mr. Holmes, but I give you my word, that I got a shake when I put my head into that little house.

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

Oh! Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But I have done with expecting any course of steady reading from Emma.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Edmund, who had taken down the mare and presided at the whole, returned with it in excellent time, before either Fanny or the steady old coachman, who always attended her when she rode without her cousins, were ready to set forward.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

The steady countenance which Miss Lucas had commanded in telling her story, gave way to a momentary confusion here on receiving so direct a reproach; though, as it was no more than she expected, she soon regained her composure, and calmly replied: Why should you be surprised, my dear Eliza?

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Imagination plays us strange tricks, and though I have as steady a nerve as a man might wish, I cannot answer for what I might see if I were to stand under that blood-stained ceiling at midnight.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was before this steady wind that he hoped to make the major portion of the run to Japan, curving south into the tropics and north again as he approached the coast of Asia.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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