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INSTINCT

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instinct I. substantiv

instinct, simţ natural, intuiţie;

to have the instinct of self-preservation a avea instinctul de autoconservare;

by / from instinct din instinct;

to action instinct a acţiona din instinct / călăuzit de instinct;

to have an instinct for music a avea instinctul muzicii, a avea o înclinaţie innăscută pentru muzică;

to have an instinct for doing the right thing a avea instinctul / intuiţia lucrului pe care trebuie să-l facă.

instinct II. adjectiv

instinct with plin de, pătruns de;

instinct with life plin de viaţă;

face instinct with benevolence faţă care respiră bunătate / faţă pe care este întipărită bunăvoinţa / faţă plină de bunăvoinţă.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

One thing I know: that if my instinct be true regarding poor Mrs. Harker's silences, then there is a terrible difficulty—an unknown danger—in the work before us.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

His puppyhood and the instinct of submission took charge of him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

All my instincts are against this explanation.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You know what woman’s instincts are.

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

She appeared to know it by instinct.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Strange how correct are the instincts of the natural man!

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The instinct of nature was soon satisfied, and Mrs. Price's attachment had no other source.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Guided by that instinct which came from the old hunting days of the primordial world, Buck proceeded to cut the bull out from the herd.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

Once in the hollow, he had got behind the horse and had struck a light; but the creature frightened at the sudden glare, and with the strange instinct of animals feeling that some mischief was intended, had lashed out, and the steel shoe had struck Straker full on the forehead.

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

She took my advice and was turning to put it into execution, when her eyes lighted on Oofty-Oofty, immediately before her, his body instinct with alertness and grace as he held the turn of the rope.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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