SAIL

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sail I. substantiv

1. (mar.) pânză de corabie, velă;

to hoist a sail a înălţa, a ridica o pânză;

to lower a sail a coborî o pânză;

to set sail a întinde pânzele;

(fig ) to set up one’s sail to every wind a se comporta după cum bate vântul, a fi oportunist;

(fig.) to take the wind out of smb.’s sails a lua cuiva apa de la moară;

under easy sail cu puţine vele;

under full (pressure of) sail cu pânzele desfăcute / întinse;

with all sail set cu toate pânzele desfăcute;

to take in a sail a strânge o velă;

(fam.) to haul in one’s sails a-şi reduce pretenţiile;

to strike sail a) a coborî pânzele; b) (fam.) a se da bătut, a pleca steagul.

2. (fig.) vas, corabie;

a sail in sight se vede un vas;

sail ho! o corabie (în zare)!;

a fleet of twenty sail o flotă de douăzeci de vase;

(înv.) twenty sail of the line douăzeci de vase de linie.

3. aripă a morii de vânt.

4. plimbare / excursie cu un vas cu pânze;

to go for/ to take/ to have a sail a face o plimbare cu vasul cu pânze.

5. voiaj / călătorie pe mare.

sail II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (despre un vas) a naviga;

to sail along the coast a naviga de-a lungul coastei;

to sail into harbour a intra în port.

2. (despre vase) a întinde pânzele, a pleca;

to be about to sail a fi gata de plecare.

3. (despre păsări, poetic despre nori) a plana (în aer), a zbura.

4. to sail away a pleca;

(sl.) to sail into smb. a cădea asupra cuiva a da de cineva;

she sailed into the room intră maiestuos în cameră, îşi făcu o intrare plină de demnitate;

to sail out a porni, a ieşi.

sail II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a conduce, a manevra (un vas cu pânze).

2. a străbate (mările), a naviga pe.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Then Dummling for the third time asked for his bride; but the king again sought a way out, and ordered a ship which could sail on land and on water.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Last night. Rejoiced we are nearing England. Weather fine, all sails set.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

So far as I could learn he had sailed in no other ship.

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

Then how many sail of the line were at the Battle of Camperdown?

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Oh, sir,” cried I, “when do we sail?”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

That in five more days he sailed for his loved South Seas meant nothing to him.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I made all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Keeping that warning carefully in mind, Margaret got safely down stairs and sailed into the drawing rooms where the Moffats and a few early guests were assembled.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“When I was last here,” I faltered, Miss Dartle told me he was sailing here and there.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I could see a large, black number on one of its sails, and I had seen pictures of pilot-boats.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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