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ENGAGING
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Traducere în limba română
engaging adjectiv
1. fermecător, încântător, nurliu, plin de farmec, cu vino-ncoace, atrăgător.
2. (tehn.) de angrenare, care angrenează.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
“A most engaging little Beauty!” said Steerforth, taking my arm.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
An intimate acquaintance of Mrs. Jennings joined them soon after they entered the Gardens, and Elinor was not sorry that by her continuing with them, and engaging all Mrs. Jennings's conversation, she was herself left to quiet reflection.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
My father was not only fond of this young man's society, whose manners were always engaging; he had also the highest opinion of him, and hoping the church would be his profession, intended to provide for him in it.
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
He had seen her eyes sparkle as she spoke of the dear friend's letter, which claimed a long visit from her in London, and of the kindness of Henry, in engaging to remain where he was till January, that he might convey her thither; he had heard her speak of the pleasure of such a journey with an animation which had no in every tone.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
Emma was most happy to be called to such a council; and her father, engaging to think it all over while she was gone, the two young people set off together without delay for the Crown.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
He was going away at the end of the half-year, if not sooner, and was more spirited and independent than before in my eyes, and therefore more engaging than before; but beyond this I remember nothing.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
This was very amiable, but Charlotte's kindness extended farther than Elizabeth had any conception of; its object was nothing else than to secure her from any return of Mr. Collins's addresses, by engaging them towards herself.
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
He dared not stay longer than to see her well; these several delays left him not another minute to lose; and Emma engaging to give assurance of her safety to Mrs. Goddard, and notice of there being such a set of people in the neighbourhood to Mr. Knightley, he set off, with all the grateful blessings that she could utter for her friend and herself.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
Agatha and Amelia appeared to her in their different ways so totally improper for home representation—the situation of one, and the language of the other, so unfit to be expressed by any woman of modesty, that she could hardly suppose her cousins could be aware of what they were engaging in; and longed to have them roused as soon as possible by the remonstrance which Edmund would certainly make.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
I represented to her that Mr. Peggotty could not be called, for one in his condition, poor; and that the idea of her engaging in this search, while depending on her own resources, shocked us both.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
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