CHAT

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Traducere în limba română

chat I. substantiv

discuţie amicală, conversaţie prietenească, taifas, vorbă;

idle chat palavre, vorbe de clacă;

(fam.) he has too much chat about him e prea flecar / vorbăreţ, vorbeşte prea mult / ca o moară stricată;

to have a chat with smb. a sta de vorbă / la taclale cu cineva;

(pop.) hold your chat! (ţine-ţi) gura! tacă-ţi fleanca!

chat II. verb intranzitiv

a sta de vorbă, a sta la taifas, a schimba o vorbă cu cineva, a vorbi de una şi de alta, a pune ţara la cale, a sporovăi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Lucy chatted with me freely, and seemed quite unconscious that anything had happened.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“We were chatting about the matter when you came in, Inspector. Perhaps you can let us have a few details.”

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

She merely said, in the course of some trivial chat, Well, Harriet, whenever you marry I would advise you to do so and so—and thought no more of it, till after a minute's silence she heard Harriet say in a very serious tone, I shall never marry.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

There was nothing that I could see to distinguish him from any professional driver, save that he was chatting very freely with a dainty little woman who was perched on the box beside him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After an hour or two spent in what her mother called comfortable chat, or in other words, in every variety of inquiry concerning all their acquaintance on Mrs. Jennings's side, and in laughter without cause on Mrs. Palmer's, it was proposed by the latter that they should all accompany her to some shops where she had business that morning, to which Mrs. Jennings and Elinor readily consented, as having likewise some purchases to make themselves; and Marianne, though declining it at first was induced to go likewise.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

The half hour was chatted away pleasantly enough; and she was not at all surprised, at the end of it, to have their walking party joined by both the Miss Musgroves, at Mary's particular invitation.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Henry Crawford's chair was the first to be given a direction towards them, and he sat silently observing them for a few minutes; himself, in the meanwhile, observed by Sir Thomas, who was standing in chat with Dr.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Emma smiled and chatted as cheerfully as she could, to keep him from such thoughts; but when tea came, it was impossible for him not to say exactly as he had said at dinner, Poor Miss Taylor! I wish she were here again.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

So I contented myself with making a general statement that he appeared to be improving very rapidly; that I would have a longer chat with him in the morning, and would then see what I could do in the direction of meeting his wishes.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

His acquaintances resented the fact that he turned up in popular restaurants with her and, leaving her at a table, sauntered about, chatting with whomsoever he knew.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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