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OBSERVE

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observe verb A. tranzitiv

1. a păstra, a ţine (rituri, datine, sărbători); a respecta (legea, ordinea); a urma (o metodă, un precept);

to observe the proprieties a păstra buna cuviinţă, a respecta convenienţele;

failure to observe the law nerespectare a legii;

to observe good manners a fi bine crescut / cuviincios / manierat;

to observe the time a fi punctual.

2. a observa, a cerceta, a privi cu atenţie sau în mod ştiinţific; a supraveghea.

3. a observa, a lua în seamă, a fi atent la, a lua aminte la, a nota, a remarca, a surprinde; a zări;

this is worth observing acest lucru merită să fie observat / să fie luat în seamă;

I observed him to stop am observat că s-a oprit.

4. a observa, a comenta, a releva, a declara, a spune;

what are you going to observe? ce aveţi de spus / de remarcat / de relevat?;

allow me to observe that îngăduiţi-mi să vă spun că;

it will be observed trebuie relevat.

observe verb B. intranzitiv

1. a comenta, a face observaţii;

no one has observed on this fact nimeni n-a comentat / n-a spus nimic despre acest fapt.

2. a observa, a băga de seamă;

he is a man who observes keenly but says little un om care observă cu atenţie / căruia nu-i scapă nimic, dar vorbeşte puţin.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

All this I observed, sitting at the table in the corner with my head leaning on my hand, and my thoughts running on very different things.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Later, he observed that the boy and girl were of great value in the master's eyes.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“You will observe there,” I said, a slight trembling.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I don’t know whether you observed my bedroom window?

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

Her boots I didn’t observe.

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

I observed, when I rejoined her in her room, after putting Adele to bed.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I have observed it all my life.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

"Why don't you send home for another?" said Sallie, who was not an observing young lady.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Crouching down among the bushes, we observed them at our leisure.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What, did you not observe it?

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

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