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PERSIST

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persist verb intranzitiv

1. a stărui, a persista, a continua cu perseverenţă;

he persisted in his opinion persistă în părerea lui.

2. a persista; a dăinui, a dura, a stărui.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Again he fought it, and still it persisted, till for very relief he opened his rifle to unconvince himself.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

"Where, then, does it go?" I persisted.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You persist, then, in supposing his sisters influence him?

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He persisted in having loved none but her.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

You persisted in the faith that eventually you would be rewarded, and that time has come for you in 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

She took him up in her arms—oh my goodness!—and caressed him, but he persisted upon barking still.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Yes, you will! persisted Jo. You'll get over this after a while, and find some lovely accomplished girl, who will adore you, and make a fine mistress for your fine house.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“But the bicycle?” I persisted.

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

Yet the thought still persisted.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Elinor could not help smiling at this display of indifference towards the manners of a person, to whom she had often had difficulty in persuading Marianne to behave with tolerable politeness; and resolved within herself, that if her sister persisted in going, she would go likewise, as she did not think it proper that Marianne should be left to the sole guidance of her own judgment, or that Mrs. Jennings should be abandoned to the mercy of Marianne for all the comfort of her domestic hours.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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