SHOP

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Traducere în limba română

shop I. substantiv

1. prăvălie, magazin, dugheană;

you have come to the wrong shop n-ai nimerit bine, trebuie să te adresezi în altă parte;

you have come to the right shop a) ai nimerit bine; b) ai venit la timp.

2. debit (de băuturi spirtoase, de tutun).

3. (mil.) the Shop şcoala de artilerie şi de geniu din Woolwich.

4. (sl.) teatru.

5. (sl.) angajament (la un teatru);

(despre artiştii de teatru) to be out of shop a fi şomer.

6. (sl.) afacere comercială, negustorie.

7. (sl.) casă comercială, birou; întreprindere rivală / care face concurenţă.

◊ to talk shop a discuta chestiuni profesionale.

shop II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (şi to go shopping) a) a face cumpărături; b) a merge prin magazine pentru a vedea mărfurile şi preţurile.

2. (amer.) to shop around a căuta de lucru, a umbla după serviciu.

shop II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. (sl.) a băga (pe cineva) la răcoare, a priponi (un răufăcător), a băga la başcă.

2. (amer.) a concedia (din serviciu).

I entered the shop: a woman was there.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

You can start shopping soon for things you want to give, and also any electronic items you might need for yourself.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

The last time we met was in Bath Street, and I turned directly into a shop that he might not speak to me; I would not even look at him.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

He rather stared at first, as if he wasn't used to having girls bounce into his shop and ask him to buy their hair.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I will give you a note to them, and they will let you wait in the shop.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Voices approached the shop—or rather one voice and two ladies: Mrs. Weston and Miss Bates met them at the door.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I cannot see that London has any great advantage over the country, for my part, except the shops and public places.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He kept staring; a man came out of the shop with a small parcel, and gave it to the lady, who then drove off.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

He was a kind of Italian piece-work man, who made himself useful in the shop.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Like a bull in a china shop," he suggested, and won a smile.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)