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ALIVE

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alive adjectiv pred.

1. viu (şi fig.), în viaţă, trăitor;

dead or alive viu sau mort;

no man alive nimeni pe lume;

the proudest man alive omul cel mai mândru din lume;

(fam.) alive and kicking a) teafăr, sănătos (tun); b) plin de viaţă;

to keep alive a întreţine (focul, ura, conversaţia etc.), a susţine (curajul etc.), a ţine viu (interesul etc.).

2. (fam.) activ, plin de viaţă, vioi; însufleţit.

3. proaspăt;

fish alive peşte proaspăt.

4. alive to ager, vioi, care prinde uşor, care înţelege uşor;

to be fully alive to smth. a pricepe limpede ceva, a-şi da perfect de bine seama de ceva.

5. alive with plin / împânzit / înţesat / colcăind / gemând de;

the river was alive with boats râul era împânzit de bărci.

6. (electr.) (aflat) sub tensiune, sub curent; încărcat.

7. în activitate, în (plin) mers, în acţiune;

look alive! mai repede! mişcă-te!;

(fam.) man alive! prietene! măi! măi!; ia te uită!;

(fam.) man alive! I am glad to see you! pe cine văd! măi măi! ce bine-mi pare că te văd;

all alive numai ochi şi urechi.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

There seemed no limit save time to the things they were alive to.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“Ah, heavens,” she said, “is it possible that my poor children whom he has swallowed down for his supper, can be still alive?”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

But stand close behind me, and I will fight them as long as I am alive.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

And they saw something that was alive but which could hardly be called a man.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

It is due to his whim that I am still alive.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

From that appointment he never came back alive.

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

‘Neither my son nor I want anything from Jonas Oldacre, dead or alive!’ she cried, with a proper spirit.

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

He had said the truth: dead or alive, nobody minded Ben Gunn.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Justine died, she rested, and I was alive.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Save only ourselves, I do not think that there are any left alive.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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