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DWELL

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dwell, past şi part. trec. dwelt sau dwelled verb intranzitiv

1. a locui, a trăi, a domicilia, a sălăşlui;

to dwell in a house a sta într-o casă.

2. (despre cai) a se opri, a şovăi (în faţa obstacolelor).

3. to dwell (up)on a se opri asupra (cu gen.); a stărui asupra (cu gen.); a se ocupa cu / de, a cerceta, a studia, a examina;

(muz.) to dwell on a note a ţine o notă (mult), a lungi o notă;

to dwell (up)on a subject a dezbate / a analiza pe larg un subiect, a trata pe larg o problemă;

an event on which his memory loved to dwell o întâmplare asupra căreia amintirii lui îi plăcea să zăbovească.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

So we must be as merry as we can, that she may not be dwelling upon such gloomy things.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I dwelt upon the fact that Sophy—who I do assure you, Copperfield, is the dearest girl!— “I am certain she is!” said I.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But the inexplicability of the general's conduct dwelt much on her thoughts.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

In what way could it possibly be the interest of the inhabitants of that dwelling to serve me?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Your dwelling is in those parts, and so their thoughts turned to you as their leader.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There, Mrs. Grant, you see how he dwells on one word, and only look at his smile.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“I must not dwell upon it,” said she.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I swear to you, by the earth which I inhabit, and by you that made me, that with the companion you bestow, I will quit the neighbourhood of man and dwell, as it may chance, in the most savage of places.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I dwelt upon the idea.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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