PERCH

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Traducere în limba română

perch¹I. substantiv

1. stinghie (pe care se cocoaţă găinile).

2. (fig.) poziţie înaltă sau sigură;

come off your perch ce te ţii aşa de mare, nu ţine nasul sus;

(fam.) to hop the perch a da ortul popii;

(fig.) to knock smb. off his perch a se cocoţa.

3. măsură de lungime ( = 5,03 m.) aprox. prăjină.

4. măsură de suprafaţă ( = 25 m²) aprox. prăjină.

5. oişte.

6. (arhit.) coronament, ornament.

perch¹II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a cocoţa, a aşeza, a pune sus (de obicei la part. trec.);

town perched on a hill oraş aşezat pe un deal.

2. a pune la clocit, a pune pe ouă.

perch¹II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se cocoţa.

2. a fi cocoţat, a fi aşezat sus.

perch²substantiv

(iht.) biban (Perca fluviatilis).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He and Belcher went across now to the table upon which Berks was still perched.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sparrow now hopped in, perched upon the window-seat, and cried, “Carter! it shall cost thee thy life!”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"A fellow can't live on books," said Laurie, shaking his head as he perched on a table opposite.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

But above, perched each upon its own stone, tall, gray, and withered, more like dead and dried specimens than actual living creatures, sat the horrible males, absolutely motionless save for the rolling of their red eyes or an occasional snap of their rat-trap beaks as a dragon-fly went past them.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And close by them lay a lamb upon the floor, and behind them upon a perch sat a white dove with its head hidden beneath its wings.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

There was nothing that I could see to distinguish him from any professional driver, save that he was chatting very freely with a dainty little woman who was perched on the box beside him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They all drew to the fire, Mother in the big chair with Beth at her feet, Meg and Amy perched on either arm of the chair, and Jo leaning on the back, where no one would see any sign of emotion if the letter should happen to be touching.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

So the sparrow perched upon the shelf: and having first looked carefully about her to see if anyone was watching her, she pecked and scratched at a steak that lay upon the edge of the shelf, till at last down it fell.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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