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MOMENT

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moment substantiv

1. moment, clipă;

I haven't a moment to spare n-am nici o clipă liberă;

wait a / one / (fam.) half a moment; (pop.) wait half a mo aşteaptă o clipă, o secundă, aşteaptă un pic!;

come this moment! vino îndată / imediat!;

to interrupt at every moment a întrerupe în fiecare clipă;

to expect smb. every moment a aştepta pe cineva din clipă în clipă / dintr-un moment într-altul;

one hour to a moment exact o oră;

a moment ago adineauri, acum o clipă;

the moment I saw him în clipa în care l-am văzut;

the moment he arrives imediat ce soseşte, la sosirea lui;

from the moment when din clipa când;

at this moment, at the present moment în acest moment, actualmente;

I am busy at the moment sunt ocupat acum, în prezent sunt ocupat;

at that (very) moment chiar în clipa aceea;

at the last moment în ultima clipă;

not for a moment! niciodată! pentru nimic în lume!

2. moment, punct, stadiu.

3. (fiz.) moment (al unei forţe etc.).

4. importanţă, însemnătate;

of little moment de mică importanţă;

it is of no moment whether puţin interesează dacă, nu are importanţă dacă;

of the first moment de primă importanţă, de cea mai mare însemnătate.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Yet we have not a moment to lose.

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

The Duke stood in thought for a moment, with a look of intense surprise on his face.

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

He held that it did, that it could swim the moment it was born.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

You only have one full moon a year in your own sign, so this will be a key moment.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He stared up for a moment at the sign.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

It was a poor weapon, but perhaps the best that he could lay his hands on at the moment.

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

He had survived too many battles to be in doubt for a moment about what to do.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

For a moment this explanation was in all our minds.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For a moment Jo looked as if she would agree, for wild as the plan was, it just suited her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The moment it touched the stone the poor thing became quiet and fell all into a tremble.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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