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FRIEND

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friend I. substantiv

prieten, amic;

bosom friend prieten apropiat / intim;

commercial friend prieten de afaceri;

hollow friend prieten nesincer;

steady friend prieten de nădejde;

tried friend prieten încercat;

(fam., rar) mouth friend prieten cu numele;

friend of the family prieten (de-)al familiei;

friend at court prieten influent;

to be friends with a fi prieten cu;

to make friends a) a se împăca (cu cineva); b) a se împrieteni, a lega prietenii;

to gain friends a-şi face prieteni(i), a lega prietenii;

to keep / to remain friends a rămâne prieteni;

(prov.) a friend in need is a friend indeed prietenul Ia nevoie se cunoasţe.

2. colega, confrate;

my honourable friend (formulă de interpelare în parlament);

my learned friend (formulă de interpelare în instanţele judiciare).

3. partizan, aderent, adept; membru; susţinător, sprijinitor, aliat;

(com.) our friend at Capetown acreditatul nostru din Capetown;

false friend a) membru trădător (al unei societăţi); b) (lingv.) cuvânt care sugerează traduceri greşite datorită unor false asociaţii.

4. (înv., fam.) iubit, drăguţ, iubită, drăguţă.

5. (rel.) quaker;

Society of Friends secta quakerilor.

friend II. verb tranzitiv

(poetic. rar) a ajut(or)a, a sprijini.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Brissenden had spoiled him for steam beer, he concluded, and wondered if, after all, the books had spoiled him for companionship with these friends of his youth.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I only kept them here until my friend, Mr. Holmes, should have seen them in your presence.

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

"I have no heart, you know, so I am careful to help all those who may need a friend, even if it happens to be only a mouse."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

You will feel the warmth of the new people who come into your life, and you will easily make friends with some.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

“And how's your friend, sir?” said Mr. Peggotty to me.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

To you, my friend, I look that I know it to speak.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

With hearty thanks and best wishes, I remain 'Your grateful friend and humble servant, JAMES LAURENCE'.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I think it is time now that we took our friend Lestrade into our confidence.

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

“If our friends could see us now,” she said.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“We are close there now,” my friend remarked.

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

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