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EQUAL

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equal I. adjectiv

1. egal; asemenea, acelaşi; de aceeaşi mărime, calitate sau valoare;

equal pay for equal work salariu egal pentru muncă egală;

the principle of equal rights principiul egalităţii în drepturi;

equal suffrage vot egal;

on an equal footing pe picior de egalitate;

on equal terms pe picior de egalitate, în condiţii de egalitate;

equal in / of size de aceeaşi mărime, de mărime egală;

six plus one is equal to seven şase plus unu este egal cu şapte;

she speaks English and Romanian with equal ease vorbeşte engleza şi româna cu aceeaşi uşurinţă / deopotrivă de bine.

2. (despre fire, fel de a fi) calm, liniştit, cumpănit, cu sânge rece;

equal mind echilibru sufletesc, calm, sânge rece.

3. echilibrat; uniform.

4. (înv.) nepărtinitor, drept.

5. (înv.) echivalent, de (o) egală valoare.

6. (înv., despre numere) pereche, cu soţ.

7. (rar) neted, întins, şes.

8. equal to a) apt de, capabil de; adecvat pentru, potrivit să (sau cu dat.);

he is not equal to the task nu e la înălţimea sarcinii, nu poate face faţă sarcinii;

equal to the occasion a) la înălţimea situaţiei; b) (înv.) la acelaşi nivel cu, corespunzător (cu dat.).

equal II. s.

egal, persoană egală în rang / poziţie etc.;

without (an) equal fără egal / pereche;

he has no equal nu are egal.

equal III. verb tranzitiv

a egala, a fi egal cu.

equal IV. adverb (înv.) v. equally.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

So that he only use them in the night, or at such time as he can change his form, they do him equal well; and none may know these are his hiding-place!

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Take me, said Mr. Micawber, down a turning, for, upon my soul, in my present state of mind I am not equal to this!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Do you feel equal to it?

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

I am not at all equal to it.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I was with an equal—one with whom I might argue—one whom, if I saw good, I might resist.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“That’s the Prince’s famous cook, nephew. He has not his equal in England for a filet sauté aux champignons. He manages his master’s money affairs.”

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It and the Milky Way are equals in the local universe.

(No Winner in Milky Way-Andromeda Clash, Editura Global Info)

“But they cannot be very far off, and I think I am equal to as much as Maria, even without help.”

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Mr. Bennet, in equal silence, was enjoying the scene.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

And on my own account too—so dear as he is to me—I don't think I could be equal to it.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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