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ADVANTAGE

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advantage I. substantiv

1. avantaj, folos, câştig, profit; superioritate;

to gain an advantage over a câştiga un avantaj faţă de;

to derive advantages from a trage foloase din, a trage foloase de pe urma (cu gen.);

to have the advantage of a avea avantaje faţă de, a se bucura de avantaje faţă de, a avea superioritate faţă de;

you have the advantage of me n-am onoarea să vă cunosc;

to take advantage of smth. a profita de, a se folosi de;

to take advantage of smb. a înşela pe cineva, a fi mai şmecher decât altul;

to take an unfair advantage of a abuza de; a înşela;

to take smb. at advantage a-şi folosi superioritatea faţă de cineva;

to advantage în mod convenabil, avantajos, bine; într-o lumină prielnică;

to have an advantage over a fi avantajat / în avantaj faţă de;

to turn smth. to advantage a folosi ceva în propriul său interes;

to the advantage of în avantajul;

to the best advantage în cea mai favorabilă lumină; în modul cel mai bun;

(amer. fam.) to play the advantages over smb. a înşela pe cineva, a trage pe sfoară pe cineva.

2. (Ia tenis) avantaj;

advantage in avantaj serviciu;

advantage out avantaj primitor / primire.

advantage II. verb tranzitiv

1. avantaja, a părtini; a-i fi prielnic (cuiva), a-i prii (cuiva), a-i şedea bine (cuiva), a-l prinde.

2. a ajuta, a promova.

3. a aduce folos (cuiva), a folosi (cuiva).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

But I won't allow that, seeing that it would never suit my case, as I have made an indifferent, not to say a bad, use of both advantages.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She had the advantage of him in the preparation of the last few moments.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

One of them, Gomez, had the further advantage that he could speak excellent English.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You currently have Jupiter in your element, fire, a major advantage.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

It would be to your advantage as well as mine if I might leave the house for five minutes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There had been no advantage gained either way.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I know that it can only be to her advantage that everything should be known.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They have some business here; and I took advantage of their coming, to come too.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then, my dear, you may have the advantage of your friend, and introduce Mr. Bingley to her.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The only difficulty that remained, was to persuade my wife, whose consent however I at last obtained, by the prospect of advantage she proposed to her children.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

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