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armchair English

Meaning armchair meaning

What does armchair mean?
Definitions in simple English

armchair

An armchair is a big comfortable chair which has a support on each side for your arms. She was sitting in an armchair with blankets wrapped round her.

armchair

An armchair critic, fan, or traveller knows about a particular subject from reading or hearing about it rather than from practical experience. This great book is ideal for both the travelling supporter and the armchair fan.

armchair

chair with a support on each side for arms

Synonyms armchair synonyms

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Topics armchair topics

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Examples armchair examples

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Simple sentences

He was so tired that he fell asleep in the armchair without even finishing the movie.
There's an armchair in front of the door.
He was sitting in the armchair, his eyes closed and his arms folded.
He won't let anybody sit in his armchair.
We bought a comfortable new armchair.
You can sit in the armchair if you want each arm to have support.
Tom sat in an armchair, reading a book.
Tom was sitting in a comfortable armchair, reading the evening newspaper.
I don't think this armchair is comfortable.
Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
I sat back in the armchair and opened the book.
Tom settled himself in the armchair.
Tom was sitting in an armchair.
This armchair is comfortable.
This armchair is comfortable to sit in.
I put the newspapers near the armchair.
There was nothing but an old armchair in the room.

Movie subtitles

Don't worry, I'll sleep in the armchair.
The settee and the armchair?
The countess'armchair and the blackened logs were still in the same place.
You won't have to put up with being called the armchair squadron much longer.
I can't understand these armchair officers-- fellows trying to fight from behind a desk, waving papers at the enemy.
And the armchair comes with slippers - my third present.
The weapon used was a new Browning.675. It was found beside his body, which was seated in an armchair near the fireplace in an unusual position.
And don't sit on my chest, you. I'm not an armchair, you idiot!
On the Louis XVI armchair.
One wicker armchair that was standing by the window.
Uncle Martin sat in an armchair reading the newspapers.
Look, that armchair.
Please help me carry this armchair.
I'll take the armchair.
Fine, I shall buy an armchair. playing cards, books, English cigarettes.
I've just come from the canteen. About his armchair. Nothing doing.
For I am not budging from this armchair.
Then the armchair will have to move.
They carried me in an armchair into the street.
You'll find the armchair the most convenient now.
What might the armchair be for, Miss? - The Squire is coming. - He is invitulating.
Where are you going to sleep? I'll make do in the lounge, in the armchair.
An armchair, please.
Armchair!
Those armchair officers will railroad you.
I will sleep here on the armchair.
I can't understand these armchair officers.
Sit in the armchair.
If I sit in this armchair, I'll fall asleep.
Sit down, this armchair is real comfy.
And about a certain very beautiful Princess who slept in her armchair.
I'll be fine in an armchair.
I can't understand these armchair officers. fellows trying to fight from behind a desk, waving papers at the enemy, worrying about whether a mouse is going to run up their pants leg.
Take my armchair. You'll be more comfortable.
He's sitting in his big armchair.
Tremendous, in an armchair.
I'll sleep in an armchair in your room.
Here's the armchair.
You see this from your armchair, I see this from my coffee chair.
Like my Voltaire armchair, for instance.
We bought an armchair.
Is this armchair to your liking?

News and current affairs

That is precisely the problem for armchair warriors watching events unfold on their computer and television screens in Washington and New York.
Senior ministers in the United Kingdom and other northern European countries, relying on little more than armchair behavioral economics, argued that Mare Nostrum encouraged more migrants to attempt the dangerous sea crossing.
Armchair strategists in faraway countries are deluding themselves if they think attempts to impose neat new borders on these ancient lands would not founder against modern reality.

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