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AFFECTION

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affection substantiv

1. afecţiune, ataşament, sentiment, dragoste, iubire; tandreţe;

the object of his affection obiectul dragostei / pasiunii lui;

affection towards smb. afecţiune faţă de / pentru cineva;

to fix one's affection (s) on smb. a se îndrăgosti de cineva;

to gain / to win smb.'s affection a câştiga dragostea cuiva;

his affection was not returned nu i s-a răspuns la dragoste.

2. (med.) afecţiune, boală;

mental affection boală mintală; boală sufletească.

3. (psih.) afect.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He will sacrifice all to his long-framed resolves, she said: natural affection and feelings more potent still.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

The cub experienced another access of affection on the part of his mother.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Peeping over the hedge, he saw the queen of his affections picking flowers in her garden.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“This requires explanation. Young as you are, and having seen scarcely any one, it is hardly possible that your affections—”

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Yes; but besides your affection for her, you must be so fond of the abbey!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me again.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Oh, Master Copperfield, with what a pure affection do I love the ground my Agnes walks on!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Captain Wentworth jealous of her affection!

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

"I want no proof of their affection," said Elinor; "but of their engagement I do."

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

They hardly can satisfy a woman of her good sense and quick feelings: standing in a mother's place, but without a mother's affection to blind her.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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