STANDING

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standing I. adjectiv

1. nesecerat;

standing crops recoltă nesecerată.

2. în picioare;

standing statue statuie în picioare.

3. fix, nemişcat; imobil;

standing price preţ fix.

4. (fig.) permanent;

standing invitation invitaţie permanentă.

5. neclintit, nemişcat, invariabil.

6. de fundaţie.

7. obişnuit;

standing joke glumă obişnuită.

8. (despre apă etc.). lin, stătător.

standing II. substantiv

1. şedere în picioare.

2. poză, atitudine.

3. loc, poziţie.

4. stabilitate, rezistenţă; durată, dată;

friend of long standing prieten vechi; prieten credincios.

5. situaţie, rang, vază;

person of standing om cu situaţie.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The wife sprang up, with her hair standing out from her head like flames of fire.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Dorothy went on, standing this time on her right foot.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

“That is a black shadow to be following the girl,” said Steerforth, standing still; “what does it mean?”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He was standing in the companion-way, only his head and shoulders visible, staring straight at me.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The two men sitting on the bed stood up and came over, standing behind him so that he could not see them, but where they could hear better.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Then he turned and bent over White Fang, standing by his side.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

A drive of half a mile brought us to The Myrtles—a large, dark house standing back from the road in its own grounds.

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

I was standing by the door, and he with his back turned at that table.

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

Standing still, he again looked at me.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Upon my word, this is charming to be standing about among such friends!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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