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NATURE

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nature substantiv

1. natură; fire; esenţă, caracter;

human nature natura umană;

it is in the nature of things that e în firea lucrurilor ca;

in / by / from the nature of things dată fiind natura lucrurilor.

2. caracter, temperament, fire;

a jealous nature fire geloasă;

it is not in his nature to nu e / nu stă în firea lui să;

habit is a second nature obiceiul e (o) a doua natură.

3. natură, specie, fel, gen;

things of this nature lucruri de acest fel / gen;

smth. in the nature of ceva în felul (cu gen.), un fel de;

his words were in the nature of a threat vorbele sale aduceau cu o ameninţare;

this news was of a nature to alarm her vestea era de natură să o neliniştească.

4. natură (exterioară), fire;

to draw from nature a desena după natură;

against nature împotriva naturii; miraculos;

in nature în natură;

in a state of nature în stare naturală;

return to nature întoarcere la natură / la starea naturală;

(amer. fam.) that beats all nature asta-i culmea, asta întrece orice / le pune vârf la toate!

5. forţă vitală, funcţiuni vitale / naturale (ale omului);

to relieve / ease nature a-şi face nevoile.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I knew what the devotion of her nature was.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He was wise, and yet in the nature of him there were forces greater than wisdom.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I feel from having seen him that he is good and kind and of a noble nature.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“Of course there can be no doubt as to the nature of this gang.”

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

It’s not the nature of life to be otherwise.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

It was not in her nature.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

The strength of her feelings she could not express; the nature of them, however, contented her friend.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Amy's nature was growing sweeter, deeper, and more tender.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

There could be no question as to its nature.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

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