0 a large, comfortable seat for more than one person -- kanapa, sofa
In these images and stories, the sofa was sometimes about the dangers of luxury and seduction.
The closest approximation of this circumstance in monolingual language production is the existence of synonym pairs such as sofa and couch.
Why were they not the natural occupants of the sofa, the platform of debauched and exotic sexuality?
Work is now so split that the architect places the window, the garden designer the tree and the interior designer the sofa.
The lobby of the sheltered housing project symbolises its public image; it is spacious, air-conditioned and well decorated, with low sofas and matching tables.
The sofa was puffy and soft, a delight in an age that increasingly put a premium on physical comfort.
So much more than just an upholstered bench, the sofa was often singled out for its particularly republic-threatening properties.
Take the sofa, if you happen to be sitting on one.