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n

• 1 a c (spot, position, area) lugar (m) sitio (m) to have friends in high places = tener* amigos influyentes all over the place = por todas partes to fall into place = aclararse b (specific location) lugar (m) place of birth = lugar de nacimiento c (in phrases)

  in place

  to hold sth in place = sujetar algo

  out of place

  to look out of place [furniture] = quedar mal to feel out of place = sentirse* fuera de lugar

• 2 c a (building, shop, restaurant etc) sitio (m) lugar (m) b (home) my/his place = mi/su casa

• 3 c a (position, role) lugar (m) I wouldn't change places with her for anything = no me cambiaría por ella por nada nobody can ever take your place = nadie podrá jamás ocupar tu lugar b in place of (as prep) = en lugar de c to take place (occur) = ocurrir; [meeting/concert/wedding] = tener* lugar

• 4 c (seat) save me a place = guárdame un asiento

• 5 (at table) cubierto (m) to lay/set a place for sb = poner* un cubierto para algn

• 6 c (in contest, league) puesto (m) your social life will have to take second place = tu vida social va a tener que pasar a un segundo plano

• 7 c (in book, sequence) you've made me lose my place = me has hecho perder la página ( or la línea etc) por donde iba

• 8 c a (job) puesto (m) b (BrE) [Educ] plaza (f) c (on team) puesto (m)

• 9 (in argument) lugar (m) in the first/second place = en primer/segundo lugar