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DESCRIBE
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describe verb A. tranzitiv
1. a descrie, a zugrăvi, a înfăţişa, a reprezenta;
to describe one’s purpose a-şi preciza ţelul / scopul.
2. a desena, a descrie (prin mişcare, o figură geometrică).
3. to describe as a prezenta drept / ca, a califica drept; a socoti, a considera.
describe verb B. reflexiv
to describe oneself as a se prezenta drept, a se da drept; a se pretinde, a se socoti.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Helping to make the world a better place gives satisfaction beyond what I can describe.
(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)
He said that he would return my letter if I would bring him a certain document which he described in my husband’s despatch-box.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But I am not in heart to describe beauty, for when I had seen the view I explored further; doors, doors, doors everywhere, and all locked and bolted.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
When I had finished, Annie remained, for some few moments, silent, with her head bent down, as I have described.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
And now there is only she to be described.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I can hardly describe to you the effect of these books.
(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
How can I describe to you the fever of impatience in which I lived until the moment should come for which I had waited and planned.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had his suspicions before, and he followed me as you describe.
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is not easy to describe.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)
I think her all you describe.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)