SADDLE

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Traducere în limba română

saddle I. substantiv

1. şa;

to put the saddle (up)on the wrong horse a învinui pe nedrept;

to be in the saddle a) a domina; b) a munci cu antren / cu însufleţire;

to rise in the saddle a se ridica în scări.

2. (în harnaşamentul calului) perniţă de spate.

3. şa de bicicletă.

4. (geol.) boltă, cută anticlinală.

5. şa (într-un lanţ de munţi), curmătură.

6. (constr.) căpătâi de la vârful pilonului unui pod suspendat.

7. (tehn.) balansier superior.

8. (tehn.) brăţară pentru tuburi.

saddle II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a înşeua.

2. (with) a împovăra, a încărca (cu); a copleşi;

saddled with a tax grevat de un impozit.

saddle II. verb B. reflexiv

a se împovăra;

to saddle oneself with a lua asupră-şi un lucru.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

A proud and happy man was the knight, and many a time he turned in his saddle to look at the long column of bowmen who swung swiftly along behind him.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he took up the golden saddle the groom awoke and cried out so loud, that all the guards ran in and took him prisoner, and in the morning he was again brought before the court to be judged, and was sentenced to die.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

'I am myself weak in the eyes, and have often taken one thing for another,' quoth the knight, as he sprang back into his saddle and rode off, leaving the Sieur de Crespigny biting his nails before the door.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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