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DESPAIR

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despair I. verb intranzitiv

1. a dispera, a deznădăjdui, a-şi pierde speranţa.

2. to despair of a pierde speranţa în;

his life is despaired of starea lui e disperată.

despair II. substantiv

disperare, deznădejde, dezolare;

to be in the depth(s) of despair a fi în culmea disperării;

to sink / to fall into despair a dispera, a cădea pradă disperării;

despair gives courage to a coward disperarea îl face curajos şi pe un fricos;

out of despair din disperare;

he is the despair of his mother maică-sa a ajuns Ia disperare din cauza lui;

to drive smb. to despair a aduce pe cineva la disperare.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I tried to puzzle it out, but gave it up in despair and set the matter aside until night should bring an explanation.

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

But I no longer despaired in the old way.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I feared that you had given it up in despair.

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

I have never known what despair was, except in the tone of those words.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But, my child, do not despair; this knowledge come to him just too late!

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I did not know the names of the towns that I was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I did not despair.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He reached stages of despair wherein he doubted if editors existed at all.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Meg leaned against her mother, looking the image of despair, and Jo tramped about the room, calling Laurie names.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The carriage—we had disappointments about the carriage;—one morning, I remember, he came to me quite in despair.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Their sister soon despaired of making the smallest impression on them; they were quite untameable by any means of address which she had spirits or time to attempt.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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