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SWAY

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Traducere în limba română

sway I. substantiv

1. balansare, legănare; mişcare de du-te vino.

2. domnie, stăpânire, dominaţie;

under his sway sub dominaţia lui;

(lit.) she holds sway over my heart îmi stăpâneşte inima.

sway II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a se balansa, a se legăna.

2. a şovăi, a fi nehotărât.

3. (despre balanţă) a se înclina, a se apleca.

sway II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a mişca încoace şi încolo, a legăna.

2. a mânui (o sculă etc.).

3. a ţine, a purta (sceptrul).

4. a influenţa.

5. a guverna, a dirija.

6. (şi to sway up) a arbora, a înălţa, a ridica;

sway away! hisa!

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

She swayed toward me and I caught her in my arms.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The second, controlled by the circadian clock and influenced by the direction of light, causes the stem to grow more on one side than another, and therefore sway east to west during the day.

(Sunflowers move from east to west, and back, by the clock, NSF)

Even as he did so, he reeled, put his hand to his throat, stood swaying for a moment, and then, with a peculiar sound, fell from his whole height face foremost to the floor.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Harriet, tempted by every thing and swayed by half a word, was always very long at a purchase; and while she was still hanging over muslins and changing her mind, Emma went to the door for amusement.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Some words of this conversation must have reached Wilson swaying in the office door, for suddenly a new theme found voice among his gasping cries.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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