WATCH

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Traducere în limba română

watch¹ substantiv

ceas (de mână, de buzunar).

watch² I. substantiv

1. pază; supraveghere; pândă; atenţie;

to be on/ upon the watch a) a fi de pază; a fi la post; b) a fi atent, a fi cu ochii în patru.

2. strajă; santinelă.

3. (mar.) cart.

watch² II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a fi atent; a supraveghea; a pândi; a veghea.

2. a fi treaz / deştept.

3. a fi de strajă.

watch² II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a urmări, a nu pierde din ochi, a fi atent la.

2. a aştepta (ocazia).

3. a păzi (vite etc.).

He watched the man-animals coming and going and moving about the camp.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Catherine understood her: the general must be watched from home, before that room could be entered.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Oh! do not attack me with your watch.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

He watched him go till he passed over the crest and disappeared.

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

Suddenly he looked at his watch.

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

Frank, Beth, Amy, and Grace sat down to watch the game played by the other eight.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Watch what comes up at the full moon, February 8-9, plus or minus four days.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He read, and as he read he watched her.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I fear, said he, taking out his watch, that I am a few minutes too late.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So they watched the geese till it grew dark.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)