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CIRCUMSTANCE

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circumstance I. substantiv

1. circumstanţă, împrejurare, caz;

the circumstance that împrejurarea că.

2. plural împrejurări, circumstanţe, condiţii;

under / in no circumstances în nici un caz, nicidecum, niciodată;

(prov.) circumstances alter cases totul depinde de împrejurări.

3. detaliu, amănunt, fapt izolat, particularitate;

to omit no essential circumstance a nu omite nimic esenţial; nici un amănunt important.

4. plural situaţie materială;

in easy circumstances cu situaţie materială bună;

in reduced circumstances cu situaţie materială proastă, strâmtorat.

5. ceremonial, pompă;

without circumstances fără ceremonie.

◊ (amer.) not a circumstance to nici nu se compară cu; nu e nici pe departe ca.

circumstance II. verb tranzitiv

a plasa în anumite condiţii, a pune într-o anumită situaţie.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

It was not a fit school generally for my son, said she; far from it; but there were particular circumstances to be considered at the time, of more importance even than that selection.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Her face was of the sort that cannot but look well under all circumstances.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

With all my soul I wish them happy, and rejoice over every circumstance in favour of it.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I think I can explain that circumstance, sir.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Close on the heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of Woodman’s Lee, and the very obscure circumstances which surrounded the death of Captain Peter Carey.

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

So also are the circumstances connected with the death of young Cadogan West.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My father, however, had either never heard of it, or had forgotten the circumstance.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The prospect of such an occupation made every other circumstance of existence pass before me like a dream, and that thought only had to me the reality of life.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But there was one curious circumstance.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

It will be clear that no matter what your circumstances, your children will be protected.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

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