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CONFESS
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confess verb A. tranzitiv
1. a mărturisi, a recunoaşte, a admite, a nu tăgădui, a da în vileag, a anunţa în public (o vinovăţie, datorie etc.);
I confess my fault îmi recunosc grreşeala;
he confesses that he did it recunoaşte că a făcut asta;
I confess I was most pleased (trebuie să) mărturisesc că am fost încântat.
2. (bis.) a(-şi) mărturisi (păcatele); (despre preot) a spovedi pe cineva, a asculta spovedania (cuiva).
3. (poetic) a atesta, a arăta, a dovedi, a indica, a mărturisi, a revela, a trăda; a vesti;
this work confesses the hand of the master această operă trădează o mână de maestru;
tall trees confessed the fertility of the soil copacii înalţi atestau / dovedeau fertilitatea pământului.
4. a recunoaşte adevărul (unui lucru, unui argument).
5. a recunoaşte, a-şi afirma credinţa în.
confess verb B. intranzitiv
1. a face mărturisiri, a se dastăinui, a face declaraţii, a mărturisi.
2. (bis.) a se spovedi, a se confesa.
3. a concede, a recunoaşte, a se da bătut.
4. to confess to a mărturisi, a recunoaşte;
I confess to doing it recunosc că am făcut-o;
I confess to a dread of spiders mărturisesc că mi-e frică de păianjeni.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
My final shot was, I confess a very long one.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I confess it all. It was I who killed the young man.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I don't wish to make you vain, but I must confess that I'm prouder of my handsome husband than of all his money.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Then I must confess that I don't know what it is.
(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Without shame, I confess that it was I who turned and footed it.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
I saw nothing remarkable save the bell-rope, and what purpose that could answer I confess is more than I can imagine.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"No, I do not know," I confessed.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)
I am free to confess that if it could be done, it might be well, but— And Miss Mills shook her head.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Never mind: I came here to inquire, not to confess.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
I confessed that I had not.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)