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DIRECTION
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Traducere în limba română
direction substantiv
1. conducere, îndrumare;
to work under the direction of smb. a lucra sub conducerea cuiva;
to assume the direction of an affair a lua în mâini conducerea unei afaceri.
2. direcţie, cârmuire.
3. poruncă, ordin; plural instrucţiuni, directive;
directions for use mod de întrebuinţare;
stage directions indicaţii scenice.
4. direcţie, sens;
in all directions în toate sensurile;
in the reverse direction în direcţie contrară;
in the direction of în direcţia (cu gen.);
what direction did he take? în ce direcţie s-a dus? încotro a apucat?
what is the direction of the wind? din ce direcţie bate vântul?
5. adresă.
6. subiect, domeniu, sferă;
improvement in many directions progres în multe domenii;
new directions of inquiry noi domenii de cercetare.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Only ten days ago a wolf got out, and was, I believe, traced up in this direction.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
Louis stood imperturbably at the wheel, but I noticed the grouped sailors forward turning troubled faces in our direction.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
These, she thought, must be the charm, so she read the directions carefully and put the Cap upon her head.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)
His development was in the direction of power.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
When you take a blood thinner, follow directions carefully.
(Blood Thinners, NIH)
I expressed my opinion that this was going in the right direction.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
For the first time, scientists could use chemicals to control a neuronal circuit in 2 directions in the same animal.
(Controlling Brain Circuits in Mice, NIH)
This is the chance of my lifetime in that direction.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The problem in the background of her consciousness was how to help him, and she turned the conversation in that direction; but it was Martin who came to the point first.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
I could tell from his expression that he was on a hot scent, and yet I could not in the least imagine in what direction his inferences were leading him.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)