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CURIOSITY

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curiosity substantiv

1. curiozitate, indiscreţie.

2. curiozitate, dorinţă de a şti / de a afla; fire cercetătoare;

to be on tiptoe with curiosity a muri / a arde / a nu mai putea de curiozitate;

to set smb.’s curiosity agog a stârni / a aţâţa curiozitatea cuiva.

3. obiect rar / ciudat / curios / interesant.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I will explain to you instantly all that makes me urge you in this manner, all that gives me an interest in what you look and do, and excites my present curiosity.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“What’s up?” I asked Wolf Larsen, unable longer to keep my curiosity in check.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

On the other side, after having seen all the curiosities of the island, I was very desirous to leave it, being heartily weary of those people.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

His name was not in the pump-room book, and curiosity could do no more.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

You are determined, I see, to have no curiosity.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Toto was a fine curiosity to all the people, for they had never seen a dog before.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

The case is clear enough against you, and all I ask is a few details for my private curiosity.

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

She saw how her own character was considered by Captain Wentworth, and there had been just that degree of feeling and curiosity about her in his manner which must give her extreme agitation.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Nor had he the curiosity to inquire about him of Ruth.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

In turn he was an object of great curiosity to them.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

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