STEP

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Traducere în limba română

step I. substantiv

1. pas;

step by step pas cu pas;

in step în pas;

out of step în contratimp, neregulat, nepotrivit;

to turn one’s step a-şi îndrepta paşii;

to keep step with a ţine pasul cu, a se menţine în pas cu.

2. distanţă, drum;

it is but a few steps to my house sunt doar câţiva paşi până la casa mea;

(fam.) it is a good step e o bucată bună.

3. urmă;

(fig.) to tread in the step of a călca pe urmele (cuiva).

4. pas (de dans).

5. (fig.) pas, demers, mişcare; măsură;

a false step un pas greşit;

to take steps a lua măsuri, a face demersuri;

to watch one’s steps a-şi supraveghea mişcările.

6. treaptă, scară; prag;

a flight of steps (mai multe trepte formând) o scară.

7. scară dublă.

8. (mar.) talpă de catarg.

9. (tehn.) pas, treaptă; timp; prag; etaj; graden.

10. (electr.) sincronism.

11. grad, rang;

to get one’s step a înainta în grad, a avansa.

step II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a face (un pas).

2. a dansa (un cadril etc.).

3. (mar.) a fixa, a înfige (catargul).

4. (electr.) a scădea / a micşora voltajul (unui curent) cu ajutorul transformatorului.

5. a măsura (cu sul).

6. to step down a scădea, a micşora, a reduce;

to step in / into a introduce, a fixa;

to step out / off a măsura;

to step up a mări, a augmenta.

step II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a pălşi, a călca;

to step lightly a călca uşor;

(amer.) step lively! pasul mai vioi! mai iute!;

to step out briskly a pleca în grabă.

2. to step aside a se da la o parte, a se retrage;

to step back a se retrage, a se da înapoi;

to step down a coborî, a descinde;

to step high a călca cu pasul ridicat;

to step in a) a intra; b) a interveni;

to step into a pătrunde în; a se introduce în; a intra în posesia (cu gen.);

(amer. sl.) to step off a) a face o greşeală; b) a muri, a da ortul popii;

to step on a se grăbi;

(fam.) step on it! mai iute! grăbeşte-te! dă-i zor! dă-i bătaie!;

to step out a ieşi, a pleca;

to step outside a ieşi, a păşi afară;

to step short a călca mărunt / cu paşi mărunţi;

to step up a urca.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He ran on a few steps, stopped, and looked back.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

They were taking leave of each other, and Agnes was going to embrace her and kiss her, when Mr. Wickfield stepped between them, as if by accident, and drew Agnes quickly away.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“Here I am,” I answered, stepping to his side. “What is the matter?”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Holmes stepped up to the window, closed it, and dropped the blinds.

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

“That is very much better. Halloa! halloa! Do I hear the step of a friend?”

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In three steps I was across the room and had both her hands in mine.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It’s fine if you choose only to take a baby step.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

“What steps will you take?” I asked.

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

"For me!" cried Marianne, stepping hastily forward.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

What would have been his later steps?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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