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ALLOW

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allow verb A. tranzitiv

1. a îngădui, a permite, a da voie (cuiva);

smoking is not allowed fumatul (e) interzis;

allow me to interrupt you daţi-mi voie să vă întrerup.

2. a admite, a recunoaşte, a încuviinţa, a mărturisi;

he allowed that he was wrong a recunoscut că n-are dreptate;

you must allow me to know best trebuie să admiţi că eu cunosc această chestiune mai bine decât alţii.

3. a da, a acorda, a plăti, a aloca;

I allow him £ 100 a year îi dau 100 lire pe an.

4. (amer.) a declara, a spune, a afirma.

allow verb B. intranzitiv

to allow for a lua în considerare, a ţine cont de, a ţine seama de;

to allow of a admite; a permite.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

We were not allowed to speak anything else at Vevay.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Upon my word, Lord John, you allow yourself great latitude.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I will not allow books to prove anything.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

The dining-room doors were thrown open; and, as it was Christmas-time, the servants were allowed to assemble in the hall, to hear some of the ladies sing and play.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Allow me to introduce you to him.

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

However, there was business to be done, and I could allow nothing to interfere with it.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

And his asking to be allowed to go out for five minutes!

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

The king grew angry, and said: “That is not allowed; he must appear before me and tell his name.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Pray, my dear, allow me to conclude.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But even this he was not allowed to complete.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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