MAY

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May¹ I. substantiv

1. (luna) mai, florar;

Queen of (the) May regina lui întâi mai, regina jocurilor din luna mai;

his May of youth primăvara tinereţii lui.

2. may (bot.) floare de gherghin.

3. plural examenele din sesiunea mai (la Universitatea din Cambridge).

4. plural concursuri de canotaj (la sfâşitul lui mai sau începutul lui iunie).

5. atr. de mai.

May¹ II. verb intranzitiv

1. a culege flori în dimineaţa zilei de întâi mai.

2. a sărbători ziua de întâi mai, a lua parte la jocurile din luna mai.

It might be a satisfaction to his Majesty to regain it with his own hands.

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

Each may form his own hypothesis upon the present evidence, and yours is as likely to be correct as mine.

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

I pray you to give me a heart that I may be as other men are.

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

Who could tell? —a library was a most likely place for her, and he might see her there.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“Wonderful! You might have been there!”

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

Well, I wish I may die if it ain't the queerest thing I ever see!

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

But if you marry a person, and the person dies, why then you may marry another person, mayn't you, Peggotty?

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The things not alive remained always in one place, but the live things moved about, and there was no telling what they might do.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

"It might be a very thick human collar-bone," I said.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The big eat the little that they may continue to move, the strong eat the weak that they may retain their strength.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)