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MIDDLE
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Traducere în limba română
middle I. adjectiv
mijlociu, mediu, de mijloc; aşezat la mijloc, central; intermediar;
seated at the middle table aşezat la masa din mijloc;
the middle home casa din mijloc;
the middle region of the air stratul mijlociu al aerulul;
the middle point of a straight line mijlocul unei drepte;
the middle points punctele centrale;
to take a middle course a urma / lua o cale de mijloc;
there is no middle course nu există cale de mijloc;
the works of his middle years opera lui de maturitate;
middle station in life situaţie socială mijlocie.
middle II. substantiv
1. mijloc, centru;
the middle of the century mijlocul secolului/ veacului;
the middle of life vârsta mijlocie;
in the middle în mijloc;
in the middle of the summer în plină vară, în toiul/ mijlocul verii;
about the middle of August pe la mijlocul lui august;
in the very middle, right in the middle în plin centru, drept/ chiar în mijloc;
(sl.) I'll knoch you into the middle of next week am să-ţi dau una să vezi stele verzi.
2. taie, brâu, mijloc;
to seize smb. round his middle a prinde pe cineva de după mijloc;
he was up to his middle in water era în apă până la brâu;
the water came up to his middle apa îi venea până la brâu;
(fam.) I've got a pain in my middle mă doare mjlocul.
middle III. verb tranzitiv
1. a aşeza/a pune în mijloc.
2. (la fotbal) a centra (mingea).
3. a îndoi la mijloc.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
But I am now sleeping in the middle one.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I can read the first few lines and these in the middle of the second page, and one or two at the end.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mercury is always a bad boy at the start and end of his retrograde period, even more so than how he behaves in the middle.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
At his word the band flew down and seized Quelala, carried him in their arms until they were over the middle of the river, and then dropped him into the water.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)
Now you know the beginning, middle, and end, and all about it.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
He had told her that he could not allow himself the pleasure of stopping at Hartfield, as he was to be at home by the middle of the day.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
She seemed to be in the middle of some eager speech.
(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)
They broke off in the middle.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“She often reads to me out of those books; and she was in the middle of a very fine speech of that man's—what's his name, Fanny?—when we heard your footsteps.”
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
“Though I scarce understand this high, middle and low.”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)