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COURTESY

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Traducere în limba română

courtesy I. s.

1. bunăvoinţă, amabilitate, curtenie; politeţe, afabilitate; etichetă;

by (the) courtesy of datorită amabilităţii (cuiva), prin graţia sau bunăvoinţa (cuiva), mulţumită (cuiva), datorită (cuiva);

(jur.) tenure by the courtesy of England drept de moştenire al soţului asupra anumitor bunuri după decesul soţiei;

courtesy of the port scutire de control vamal (pentru bagaj).

2. v. curtsey (I).

courtesy II. verb intr. v. curtsey (II).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He replied to her with as much courtesy and respect as he had shown contempt to me:—You will, of course, understand, Mrs. Harker, that when a man is so loved and honoured as our host is, everything regarding him is of interest in our little community.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

At that moment, Sir William Lucas appeared close to them, meaning to pass through the set to the other side of the room; but on perceiving Mr. Darcy, he stopped with a bow of superior courtesy to compliment him on his dancing and his partner.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The Count stood up, and said, with a sweet courtesy which made me rub my eyes, it seemed so real:—You English have a saying which is close to my heart, for its spirit is that which rules our boyars: 'Welcome the coming; speed the parting guest.'

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water, and the history of the summer really begins on the evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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