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under I. prepoziție
1. sub, dedesubtul (cu gen.), mai jos de;
village lying under the hill sat situat la poalele măgurei / dealului;
the rivulet under the castle râuleţul care curge mai jos de castel;
under arms sub arme;
under cover sub scut, sub acoperire;
(fig.) under one's own vine and fig-tree la tine acasă; în loc sigur;
under the sun sub soare, pe pământ;
where under the sun did he go? unde naiba s-o fi dus?
2. sub regimul / autoritatea / domnia (cu gen.); sub comanda (cu gen.); interior (cu dat.);
England under the Stuarts Anglia sub domnia Stuarţilor;
the great peasant uprising under Wat Tyler in 1381 marea răscoală ţărănească din 1381 condusă de Wat Tyler;
to serve under smb. a servi sub ordinele cuiva;
there was nobody under a captain nu era nimeni cu grad inferior celui de căpitan;
to be under smb. a fi inferior cuiva (ierarhic).
3. sub, sub influenţa / povara / ameninţtarea (cu gen.);
to be under a vow a fi legat prin jurământ;
forbidden under heavy penalty interzis sub (ameninţare de) pedeapsă grea;
under pain of death sub ameninţarea pedepsei cu moartea;
to be under sentence of death a fi condamnat la moarte;
to be under the necessity of a fi constrâns / obligat să;
to be under a promise to do smth. a fi legat de o promisiune dată de a face ceva;
to be under fire a fi sub bombardament;
(mar.) under hatches a) sub punte; b) la închisoare; c) înmormântat;
to be under sentence a fi condamnat.
4. sub, mai jos de, mai puţin de;
to sell under cost a vinde sub preţ(ul de cost);
she is under thirty are mai puţin de treizeci de ani;
books for the under tens cărţi pentru copii(i) sub zece ani;
in under five minutes peste / în mai puţin de cinci minute.
5. în, sub;
under our very eyes chiar sub ochii noştri;
visible under the microscope vizibil la microscop;
under lock and key sub cheie;
the question is now under consideration chestiunea este în deliberare;
under treatment în / sub tratament;
to be under the doctor a fi sub îngrijire medicală;
under observation (ţinut) sub observaţie;
question under examination problemă în cercetare / studiu;
under construction în construcţie;
under repair în reparaţie;
field under corn câmp semănat (cu grâu).
6. potrivit cu, în conformitate cu, după;
under the present agreement în conformitate cu înţelegerea în vigoare;
under these conditions în aceste condiţii;
under Article ten în conformitate cu Articolul 10.
under II. adverb
dedesubt;
to stay under for two minutes a sta sub apă timp de două minute;
as under ca mai jos;
to bring under a supune, a subordona;
to go under a) a se scufunda, a se da la fund; b) a pieri, a dispărea; a se ruina; c) (amer. sl.) a muri, a crăpa;
to keep under a ţine sub dependenţă;
to be snowed under a fi sub o avalanşă (de lucrări, scrisori, invitaţii etc.).
under III. adjectiv
1. inferior, de jos;
under-strata straturi inferioare;
the under lip buza inferioară, buza de jos;
the under jaw maxilarul inferior.
2. subaltern, subordonat;
under clerk funcţionar subaltern.
under IV. substantiv
1. (sl.) relaţii sexuale; contact sexual.
2. plural (rar) rufărie de corp, lenjerie; chiloţi, indispensabili.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
I was still cold when under one of the trees I found a huge cloak, with which I covered myself, and sat down upon the ground.
(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Direct to me at Lord Longtown's, and, I must ask it, under cover to Alice.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
Then Oberstein had this idea about the trains which halted under his back window.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If she struck me with that rod, I should get it from her hand; I should break it under her nose.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
My feet went out from under me.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
Well, that is just under ape-town, and that's the jumpin'-off place of their prisoners.
(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child under the sun.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Don't ye fash about them as lies under ye, or that doesn' lie there either!
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
Manners were all that could be safely judged of, under a much longer knowledge than they had yet had of Mr. Churchill.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
She stood under the picture with her arms folded across her great body, and her big black eyes looking from one to the other of us.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)