SEASON

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Traducere în limba română

season I. substantiv

1. sezon, anotimp;

the dry season anotimpul uscat / frumos;

the rainy season anotimpul ploilor / ploios;

bathing season sezonul băilor;

late season sfârşitul toamnei;

in season la timp;

to do smth. in season a face ceva la timpul potrivit.

2. epocă, timp, interval;

holiday season vremea vacanţelor;

hunting season epoca vânătoarei;

(sport) the running season perioada alergărilor;

(cinegetică) close season, open season perioada în care vânatul şi pescuitul este oprit / este permis;

(despre hoteluri etc.) the dull / dead / off season sezonul mort;

the busy season perioada de muncă intensă;

between season la mijlocul sezonului;

in between season garment îmbrăcăminte pentru jumătatea sezonului;

rush season perioada căldurilor;

silly season acalmia presei (în lunile august-septembrie);

at all seasons mereu, în permanenţă;

(rar) at seasons din când în când, din vreme în vreme;

for a season în curs de, într-un răstimp oarecare;

(rel.) the festive season sărbătorile;

to be in(to) season sau to come in(to) season a fi copt, a se coace (fructele);

(despre fructe) to be out of season a nu fi copt încă;

straw-berries are in season este sezonul / timpul fragilor;

(com.) to have a good season a avea un sezon priincios câştigului;

the (London) season perioadă în care înalta societate se găseşte la Londra;

the season is at its height e în toiul / în miezul sezonului;

a season of peace o perioadă de pace;

it shall be done in one season lucrul acesta va fi făcut la timpul lui / la timpul potrivit;

word in season cuvânt rostit la timpul potrivit;

remark out of season o observaţie / o remarcă deplasată;

in season and out of season, in and out of season potrivit şi nepotrivit.

3. (fam.) abonament; tichet (la tramvai etc.);

(show) all seasons please! abonamentele, vă rog!

season II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a asezona, a potrivi (o mâncare);

leg of mutton copiously seasoned with garlic ciosvârtă de berbec împănată cu usturoi;

(fam.) speech seasoned with irony discurs presărat cu ironii.

2. a usca, a coace, a trece prin etuvă, a umple, a încărca (un butoi); a lăsa să se facă (vinul).

3. (tehn.) (despre metale) a suferi uzură, a uza.

4. (biol.) a aclimatiza, a adapta.

5. a impregna, a îmbiba.

6. a deprinde (un soldat) cu războiul.

7. a învăţa (pe cineva) meseria de marinar.

8. (fig.) a modera, a potoli, a atenua, a îndulci;

justice seasoned with goodwill dreptate îndulcită de bunăvoinţă.

9. (tehn.) a lustrui, a da lustru.

season II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (despre lemn etc.) a se usca; (despre vin etc.) a se face.

2. a se adapta, a se aclimatiza.

3. a deveni îndemânatic / destoinic la ceva, cu trecerea timpului sau prin obicei / deprindere.

4. (tehn., despre lemn) a se usca.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

God help me, I might have been improved for my whole life, I might have been made another creature perhaps, for life, by a kind word at that season.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Jo's bed was never alike two seasons, for she was always trying experiments.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

His scheme was to rent the house himself the following winter, that he might have a home of his own in that neighbourhood; and it was not merely for the use of it in the hunting-season (as he was then telling her), though that consideration had certainly some weight, feeling as he did that, in spite of all Dr.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

But I, and the rest who continued well, enjoyed fully the beauties of the scene and season; they let us ramble in the wood, like gipsies, from morning till night; we did what we liked, went where we liked: we lived better too.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

The wind had fallen to a whisper, the ocean was growing calmer and calmer, and this, coupled with the presence of the great herd, made a perfect hunting day—one of the two or three days to be encountered in the whole of a lucky season.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

My business took me into town at certain seasons, but in summer I had less to do, and then in our country home my wife and I were just as happy as could be wished.

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

It might only need to be done in in this season over a couple of years, until enough small fish have settled, says another study author, Mark Meekan, senior principal research scientist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science.

(Loudspeakers used to attract fish back to dying coral reefs, SciDev.Net)

The time came in its season, and that was very soon, when I almost wondered that nothing troubled his repose, as I looked at him.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"It's the best joke of the season, isn't it? I wouldn't have told you, for I set my heart on surprising you, and I flatter myself I've done it," said Jo, when she got her breath.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Grant's very great kindness, it was impossible for him and his horses to be accommodated where they now were without material inconvenience; but his attachment to that neighbourhood did not depend upon one amusement or one season of the year: he had set his heart upon having a something there that he could come to at any time, a little homestall at his command, where all the holidays of his year might be spent, and he might find himself continuing, improving, and perfecting that friendship and intimacy with the Mansfield Park family which was increasing in value to him every day.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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