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GRUDGE

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grudge I. substantiv

1. pică; ranchiună; animozitate;

to bear a grudge / to have a grudge, to keep up a grudge against smb. a avea pică pe cineva.

2. răutate.

◊ (înv.) grudge of conscience mustrare de conştiinţă.

grudge II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a se împotrivi, a se opune.

2. a fi invidios.

grudge II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a invidia, a pizmui.

2. a da (ceva) fără plăcere, a îngădui în silă.

◊ to grudge no pains a nu cruţa nici un efort / nici o oboseală.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I grudge Altamont nothing.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was an injury and affront to Julia, who ought to have been Mr. Crawford's choice; and, independently of that, she disliked Fanny, because she had neglected her; and she would have grudged such an elevation to one whom she had been always trying to depress.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

How he had grudged sleep!

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

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