STAY

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stay¹ I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a sta.

2. a se opri, a rămâne;

to stay to / for dinner a rămâne la masă;

to stay in bed a sta în pat;

jazz has come to stay jazul a prins rădăcini / a fost adoptat definitiv.

3. a locui, a sta;

to stay at a hotel a sta la hotel.

4. a rezista; a dura.

5. to stay away a nu veni; a rămâne; a sta la o parte; a absenta;

to stay in a nu ieşi din casă;

to stay out a nu veni acasă;

to stay up a nu se culca, a veghea;

to stay up late a se culca târziu.

stay¹ I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a înfrâna, a opri, a potoli, a stăpâni;

to stay one’s hand a-şi retrage mâna.

2. a reţine, a nu lăsa să meargă, a întârzia (cursul evenimentelor etc.).

3. (jur.) a amâna, a păsui.

stay¹ II. substantiv

1. şedere; oprire; vizită (într-un oraş etc.).

2. dificultate, piedică, obstacol;

a stay upon his activity o piedică în activitatea sa.

3. băgare de seamă, prudenţă, precauţie.

4. (tehn.) reazem, stâlp, suport.

5. (fig.) proptea, sprijin;

the stay of his old age toiagul bătrâneţelor sale.

6. amânare, păsuire.

stay² substantiv

(mar.) strai.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I rather think not, sir: I should have more pleasure in staying with you.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Ape-men—that's what they are—Missin' Links, and I wish they had stayed missin'.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But he checked me and said: “Should you like to stay with us, Trotwood, or to go elsewhere?”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

She's company, and you ought to stay with her more.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Absence will in time make him comfortable again; but he can have no hope here, and it is only staying to be miserable.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

I called on him to stay.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Then it is settled, Musgrove, cried Captain Wentworth, that you stay, and that I take care of your sister home.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Perhaps you would like me to stay there to-night?

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

He had always stayed and taken his medicine.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

You stayed here when your master left?

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

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