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LIBERTY

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liberty substantiv

1. libertate;

liberty of the press libertatea presei,

at liberty în libertate;

you are at liberty to make any choice sânteti liber să alegeţi ce doriţi;

to set at liberty a (e)libera, a pune în libertate.

2. libertate, voie, îngăduinţă, permisiune, familiaritate, lipsă de jenă;

to take the liberty of doing / to do smth. a-şi lua libertatea de a face ceva;

to take liberties with a-şi permite familiarităţi cu.

3. plural privilegii, libertăţi.

4. (amer. mil.) permisie, învoire; bilet de voie.

5. (fig.) licenţă.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“I had an idea that he might, and I took the liberty of bringing the tools with me.”

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

“If he has liberty, he may do anything. He may sink the vessel, or set fire to it. There is no telling what he may do. We must make him a prisoner.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

‘It is somewhat of a liberty, no doubt,’ said he, ‘but we’ll make it up to you.

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

The liberty which his absence had given was now become absolutely necessary.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

You I leave to enjoy your liberty till you tire of it, for only then will you find that there is something sweeter.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“Perhaps boy,” my mother took the liberty of putting in.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Another effort set me at liberty, and I stood erect before him.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I was afraid you would think I was taking a great liberty with you, said she, in telling you all this.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

The liberty of communication cannot be mine till it has lost all its value!

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

It is not to be conceived that a man of three or four-and-twenty should not have liberty of mind or limb to that amount.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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