1.b> (); , ; ; , (.i> , i>); he placed his hand on her shoulder ; she placed the letter in front of me ; he folded it in his handkerchief and placed it in the inside pocket of his jacket ; a bomb had been placed under the seat / ; the parking areas in the town are few, but strategically placed , ; chairs were hastily placed in rows for the parents / - ;
2.b> i> () / ; to place smb. in command / ; to place smb. under arrest ; this places me in a very difficult position ; children must not be placed at risk ; some areas of the city have been placed under curfew ;
3.b> 1) (on) (), ( .i>); great emphasis is placed on education ; she placed the emphasis on the word "soon" ""; he places a high value on punctuality ; they place a lot of importance on qualifications / ;
2) (on, in) (), (, , .i>); , .i> (, i>); the job places great demands on me / ; please don't try to place the blame on me for the accident , / ; his government is placing its faith in international diplomacy ; a man, upon whose sagacity he could place full reliance , ; no confidence could be placed in any of the twelve judges / ;
4.b> (.i> i>) (), , ; ( i>); I've seen her somewhere before, but I can't quite place her i> , ; she looks familiar but I can't place her did she use to work here? i> , , i> ? it was a voice he recognized, though he could not immediately place it , , ; his accent was impossible to place / ;
5.b> 1) (), ; , (, , .i>); you can place orders by telephone / ; we placed the order for the furniture six weeks ago ; he placed an advertisement in the local paper / ; she placed her name on the list of volunteers / ; I had no idea which horse I should place a bet on , / ; they were placing bets on who would win / , ;
2) .i> .i> i> () i> , i> (.i> i>); we had to place several calls before getting through to the technicians / , ; I'd like to place an overseas call / , ;
6.b> (in, with) i> (), i> , .i> / ; the children were placed with foster parents ; she was placed in the care of an uncle ; the agency placed about 2 000 secretaries last year i> 2 000 ; some unemployed people can be very difficult to place ; the students are placed in / with / companies for a period of work experience / ;
7.b> i> (), i> / ( i>); , i> ( i>); I would place health quite high on my list of priorities ; some museums seem to place profit above education , i> ; I would place him among the ten most brilliant scientists of his age , ; the authorities have placed the drug in Class A, the same category as heroin and cocaine A , , ;
8.b> .i> 1) .i> passi> , , . i> () / (, , .i>); to be placed first, second, etci> , ..i> i> (, .i>); I had been placed 2nd and 3rd a few times but had never won -2 -3 , / i> ; he was placed fifth in last Saturday's race ; the horse was placed first [second, third] in its first race i> [, ] ; second-placed Auxerre suffered a surprising 20 home defeat to Nantes i> "" "" 0:2; to be / to have been / placed i> ( .i>); my horse has been placed several times i> / ;
2) .i> (), - (.i> ) (, , .i>); his horse placed in the last race / ;
to be well [ideally, better, etci>] placedb> ) (for smth., to do smth.) [, ..i>] ( , .i>); the company is now well placed to compete in Europe ; ) (for smth.) , , ..i> ( i>); the hotel is well placed for most of London's theatres / .