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NONSENSE
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nonsense substantiv
nonsens, absurditate, neghiobie, nesocotinţă;
a piece of nonsense o prostie, o absurditate, o inepţie;
to talk nonsense a spune prostii / inepţii / baliverne; a vorbi alandala, a bate câmpii, a spune lucruri fără şir / fără noimă;
this passage makes nonsense pasajul acesta e neinteligibil / e lipsit de sens;
that's all nonsense! astea-s fleacuri / prostii; astea-s gogoşi!
it is nonsense to think that e absurd să crezi că;
that will take / knock the nonsense out of him asta o să-i bage minţile-n cap, asta o să-l înveţe minte; asta o să-i scoată prostiile / gărgăunii din cap; asta o să-l cuminţească;
now no nonsense! ajunge! destul cu fleacurile! lăsaţi copilăriile!
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
But Meg laughed at the nonsense and felt better in spite of herself.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Oh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discovered.
(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Now you are talking nonsense, Mary," was therefore his answer.
(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)
Nonsense! But you are rather put upon, that's certain.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
“Bah! Stuff and nonsense!” said my aunt.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
I'm past all that sort of nonsense.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
Nonsense, how can you say so?
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
“No, no, nonsense, Lizzy. I desire you to stay where you are.”
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
Nonsense! My dear Harriet, what are you thinking of?
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
You’re talking nonsense, Warr!
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)