cantonada in inglese:

at the corner

I cornered our boss at the function last night and told him that many staff were unhappy about the new working hours.

When I'm home and I'm going to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be careful how I cross the street?

She lifted one corner of the napkin which covered her basket and let me have a quick look.

Evening come, since you were slightly tired, you wished to sit in front of a new Café located on the corner of a new boulevard, still full of gravel and already showing its unfinished splendors.

Would you do me a favor by moving that chair over to the corner so that I can sweep the floor?

Christopher Columbus once sacrificed the corner of his hat to an Aztec god, bringing about years of prosperity to that god's village.

His attackers cornered him in a dark alley

Once the police had cornered her in the basement, she gave herself up.

I won't wait for you for any more than ten minutes in the corner at eight. You have to be punctual.

I thought I had him in a corner, but then he pulled an unexpected move and completely turned the tables on me.

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.

Now Marina was a romantic, she had not yet fallen into that passive state of mind which accepts that one should find a corner to live, anywhere, and then arrange one's whole life around it.

Comfort can spoil you. Once in a while, it can do you good to corner yourself.

One of the perks of my promotion is a chic, corner office with a great view of the skyline.