STAGGER

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Traducere în limba română

stagger I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a se clătina, a se bălăbăni; a merge clătinându-se; a şovăi.

2. (fig.) a şovăi, a ezita, a nu fi sigur, a nu şti ce să facă.

stagger I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a clătina; a lipsi de stabilitate.

2. (fig.) a face să şovăie / ezite; a trezi îndoielile (cuiva).

3. a aşeza în zigzag sau în trepte.

4. a eşalona, a organiza (vacanţele etc.).

5. (fig.) a descumpăni.

6. (mine) a amplasa în zigzag.

stagger II. substantiv

1. clătinare, clătinat.

2. plural ameţeală; leşin; capie (a oilor).

3. aşezare / dispunere în zigzag.

4. (amer. sl.) încercare, tentativă.

5. (tehn.) grupare în şah.

6. (av.) decalaj al aripilor.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Slowly I staggered to my feet and felt myself all over.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was staggered; but I knew that if he wished to delay he had a good reason for it.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

He reeled back and forth, staggered, and clutched hold of Edith with his bound hands for support.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

I was staggered, sir. I did not know what to do.

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

Then he staggered to his feet, received another shot, and rolled upon the floor.

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

He staggered to his feet and fell down.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

A puff of wind caught me,—and I staggered across the moving deck to a corner of the cabin, to which I clung for support.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

It struck upon his shoulder, and hurled him, crushed and screaming, to the ground, while Alleyne, recalled to his senses by these shrill cries in his very ear, staggered on to his feet, and gazed wildly about him.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To-night I go to prove it. Dare you come with me? This staggered me.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

The idea staggered me.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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