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FAITH

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faith substantiv

1. credinţă; crezare; încredere; crez, convingere;

(fam.) to pin one’s faith on smb.’s sleeve a se încrede orbeşte în părerea cuiva;

to have / to put faith in a crede în, a da crezare (cu dat.).

2. credinţă, reliie, lege.

3. credinţă, fidelitate, lealitate, cinste, loialitate;

in good faith cinstit, conştiincios; în serios, fiind de bună credinţă;

in bad faith fiind de rea credinţă.

4. garanţie, autoritate, chezăşie;

on the faith of treaties bizuindu-se pe tratate.

5. făgăduinţă, promisiune, legământ, cuvânt (dat);

to plight one’s faith a-şi da cuvântul;

to break one’s faith a-şi călca cuvântul;

by my faith! pe cinstea mea! pe cuvânt!

◊ in faith whereof întru confirmarea căruia.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Keep the faith that you are heading up the ladder of success.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

"Nobody has faith in me, Gertrude, except myself."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

She had such faith in me!

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

You will need all your faith, even you who have had such an experience as that of to-day.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“Well, squire,” said Dr. Livesey, “I don't put much faith in your discoveries, as a general thing; but I will say this, John Silver suits me.”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

I don't care about it, mother; you may please yourself: but I ought to warn you, I have no faith.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“By my faith!” said Ford, “we do not need a guide to lead us to their presence.”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I would not say so to every body, Mrs. Elton, but I have not much faith in Mrs. Churchill's illness.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Jo, with perfect faith in her own powers and a friendly desire to make up the quarrel, immediately put a note in the office, inviting Laurie to dinner.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

No, no; I did not come to Bath to drive my sisters about; that would be a good joke, faith!

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

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