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BATTLE

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battle I. substantiv

1. bătălie, luptă, bătaie, încăierare, conflict; (fig.) luptă, întrecere;

to do battle a se lupta;

(fam.) that’s half the battle cu asta lupta e pe jumătate câştigată;

to come unscathed out of the battle a scăpa teafăr, a ieşi cu bine;

drawn battle luptă fără rezultat;

to fight a battle a) (mil.) a se lupta, a da o bătălie; b) (fig.) a intra în luptă; a duce o luptă;

to fight a losing battle a duce o luptă sortită eşecului;

to fight one’s battles over again a retrăi trecutul;

to fight smb’s battles for him a se bate, a se lupta pentru un altul;

general’s battle luptă al cărei rezultat e hotărât de o conducere pricepută;

pitched battle luptă crâncenă;

soldier’s battle luptă al cărei rezultat e hotărât de curajul soldaţilor;

to win the battle a câştiga bătălia.

2. (mil. înv.) batalion.

battle II. verb A. intranzitiv

a (se) lupta;

to battle for a (se) lupta pentru;

to battle against with a (se) lupta cu / (în) contra / împotriva.

battle II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a aşeza în ordine de bătaie.

2. (rar) a (se) lupta cu, împotriva.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

To- day witnessed the beginning of the new battle, wherein for some time there would be no writing.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“But the battle, Aylward, the battle!” cried several, amid a burst of laughter.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The battle is not always to the strong.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

That blow was the last of the battle.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

The cub saw little of the battle.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

If they were to hurt Jim Harrison the battle could not be fought, and the bets would not be decided.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The rest of us have already read everything; so when we meet in the study we shall all be informed as to facts, and can arrange our plan of battle with this terrible and mysterious enemy.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

They led, however, in an indirect fashion to a singular and complex problem which gave my friend an opportunity of demonstrating the value of a fresh weapon among the many with which he waged his life-long battle against crime.

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

Such being the case, I felt not a little surprised when he raised his head suddenly from the desk over which he was stooping, and said—You see, Jane, the battle is fought and the victory won.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Now it chanced that an old soldier, who had been wounded in battle and could fight no longer, passed through the country where this king reigned: and as he was travelling through a wood, he met an old woman, who asked him where he was going.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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