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DESPERATE

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desperate I. adjectiv

1. disperat, deznădăjduit; iremediabil, periculos, grav;

in desperate condition în stare disperată.

2. adus la disperare, gata la orice nesocotinţă / la orice crimă;

to be desperate a turba, a fi cuprins de furii;

desperate daring a) îndrăzneală a disperării; b) vitejie nebunească.

3.îngrozitor, furios;

desperate storm furtună îngrozitoare.

4. (despre un remediu etc.) drastic, eroic, extrem.

5. foarte mare;

desperate fear teamă cumplită.

desperate II. adverb, vezi desperately (3).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Waiting on the corner for a car, she had seen him first, and noted the eager, hungry lines of his face and the desperate, worried look of his eyes.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“I'll say anything!” cried Mr. Wickfield, with a desperate air.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Now go, dear, but don't kill yourself driving at a desperate pace.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

They're pretty desperate, I can tell you.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress upon this, when a lady is in most desperate need of his help?

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

"Good-by, Michael," she cried, and her voice sounded desperate.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

"I would; if there were no friend who loved me, who would save me such a pain, and so desperate an effort!"

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Frank Churchill's character was not desperate.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

It was a desperate chance that we might find her alive, but it was a chance, as the result showed.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Almost desperate, I asked for half a cake; she again refused.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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