CHAIR

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chair I. substantiv

1. scaun (cu spetează), jilţ, fotoliu, (înv.) tron;

arm / easy / elbow chair vezi armchair;

folding chair scaun pliant;

rocking chair (fotoliu cu) leagăn, balansoar;

to take a chair a lua loc, a se aşeza;

(prov.) one man makes a chair, and another man sits in it unul munceşte şi altul culege roadele.

2. (fig.) loc / fotoliu de preşedinte, fotoliu prezidenţial; (amer.) preşedinte (al unei adunări);

to adress the chair a se adresa preşedintelui;

chair! chair! la ordine!

to be / to sit in the chair a prezida, a fi preşedinte, a ocupa fotoliul prezidenţial;

to leave the chair a părăsi fotoliul prezidenţial, a ridica şedinţa;

to put in the chair a alege ca preşedinte;

to take the chair a lua loc ca preşedinte, a deschide şedinţa (ca preşedinte).

3. catedră universitară; post de profesor universitar.

4. (amer.) scaun electric;

to go to the chair a fi executat pe scaunul electric / prin electrocutare.

5. (amer.) locul unui martor la proces.

6. (înv.) lectică, sedan; leagăn cu cai.

7. (ferov.) cuzinet, placă de reazem; sabot de şină.

chair II. verb tranzitiv

1. a înscăuna; a instala (într-o funcţie).

2. a purta pe sus, în triumf (cu scaunul).

3. a prezida (o şedinţă etc.).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The Duke fell back in his chair.

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

‘Good! That’s a promise,’ said he, rising from his chair.

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

“No need to go to any great trouble for me,” she protested, when I had seated her in Wolf Larsen’s arm-chair, which I had dragged hastily from his cabin.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

After breakfast, the next morning, I had put my chair away, and was going out of the room, when Mr. Murdstone called me back.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

For he suddenly grew pale and sat down in a chair almost fainting.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Mr. Windibank sprang out of his chair and picked up his hat.

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

Indeed, he fell into a chair in a sort of faint, and we nearly had him on our hands as well.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He rose from his chair, and he laid his hand upon the bottle.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He drew up another chair and sat down on the broad arm of it.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The Movement Disorder Society version of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Arising from chair.

(MDS-UPDRS - Arising from Chair, NCI Thesaurus)

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