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AFFRONT

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Traducere în limba română

affront I. verb tranzitiv

a înfrunta, a sfida; a insulta, a ofensa, a jigni; a aduce un afront (cuiva);

to affront death a înfrunta moartea (cu curaj), a sfida moartea.

affront II. substantiv

afront, insultă (publică); necuviinţă, jignire, ofensă; (înv.) atac;

to bear/ fam. to pocket/ to swallow an affront a înghiţi un afront;

to put an affront upon, to offer an affront to a aduce un afront, o jignire (cuiva), a înfrunta (pe cineva).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It was an injury and affront to Julia, who ought to have been Mr. Crawford's choice; and, independently of that, she disliked Fanny, because she had neglected her; and she would have grudged such an elevation to one whom she had been always trying to depress.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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