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AVAIL

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avail I. verb A. tranzitiv

a sluji, a servi (cuiva); a sprijini; a fi de folos / util (cuiva); a ajuta (cu ac. sau dat.);

his efforts did not avail him sforţările sale nu i-au ajutat.

avail I. verb B. reflexiv

to avail oneself a se folosi de, a profita de, a beneficia de; a trage un folos de pe urma (cu gen.).

avail I. verb C. intranzitiv

a servi (la ceva), a folosi.

avail II. substantiv

1. folos, avantaj, câştig, profit;

of / to little avail de puţin folos;

of no avail nefolositor, de nici un folos; zadarnic.

2. plural (amer.) produs, rezultat, venit.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I did not myself know whether our lethal weapons would avail us anything.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Having availed herself of it, she resumed her toast and her discourse together.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Well, it is a great responsibility that I take upon myself, but I have given Hopkins an excellent hint and if he can’t avail himself of it I can do no more.

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

“Can I be of avail?” asked Alleyne.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That cannot be; but all that I can say will be of little avail.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Your example was before me; but to what avail?

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

My dear madam, he replied, this invitation is particularly gratifying, because it is what I have been hoping to receive; and you may be very certain that I shall avail myself of it as soon as possible.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

"Ere many days," I said, as I terminated my musings, "I will know something of him whose voice seemed last night to summon me. Letters have proved of no avail—personal inquiry shall replace them."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Were she even to descend into the family vault where her ashes were supposed to slumber, were she to behold the coffin in which they were said to be enclosed—what could it avail in such a case?

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

When his head had disappeared, I leaned out to try and see more, but without avail—the distance was too great to allow a proper angle of sight.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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