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CRUEL

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cruel adjectiv

1. crud, hain, neîndurător, aspru, câinos, hapsân.

2. crud, chinuitor; amar(nic); sângeros; înfiorător, cumplit, grozav.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The business of love was at hand—ever a sterner and crueller business than that of food-getting.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

It was very hard to do, but she did it, knowing that delay was both useless and cruel.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Mama, forgive me when I say that it was you who first presented to my mind the thought that anyone could wrong me, and wrong him, by such a cruel suspicion.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I looked steadily into the cruel grey eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

No, hers is not a cruel nature.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Poor dear, it seems quite cruel to let her be alone.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

But why should you be cruel?

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

But that teacher, Miss Scatcherd, is so cruel to you?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

But The Globe, a Chicago magazine, gave Martin the most cruel treatment of all.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

You, said the prince, have broken his cruel charm, and now I have nothing to wish for but that you should go with me into my father’s kingdom, where I will marry you, and love you as long as you live.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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