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proper adjectiv

1. propriu; inerent; particular; caracteristic; specific;

diseases proper to certain regions boli proprii anumitor regiuni.

2. propriu, just, adevărat;

proper use of a drug folosirea raţională a unui medicament;

to paint smb. in his proper colour a prezenta / a pune pe cineva în adevărata lui lumină;

to put smth. to its proper use a folosi ceva cum trebuie / în mod raţional;

that is not the proper tune for that song aceasta nu e melodia originală a cântecului.

3. folosit în sensul propriu al cuvântului; exact, corect; propriu-zis;

proper sense of a word sensul propriu al unui cuvânt;

in a proper sense la propriu;

the proper word cuvântul potrivit / exact;

what is its proper name? care este denumirea lui exactă?;

architecture proper arhitectură în sensul restrâns al cuvântului; arhitectură propriu-zisă;

England proper Anglia propriu-zisă.

4. (fam.) perfect, adevărat;

he was in a proper rage era cuprins de o adevarata turbare;

he is a proper knave este un şnapan în adevărata accepţiune a cuvântului;

he is a proper fool e prost de dă în gropi;

proper idiot imbecil desăvârşit.

5. potrivit, nimerit, convenabil; cum se cuvine, cuviincios, decent;

at the proper time la timpul potrivit; în timp util; când va avea loc;

I shall take action at the proper season voi acţiona la timpul cuvenit;

to apply to the proper man a se adresa cui trebuie;

to deem / to think it proper to a găsi de cuviinţă, a găsi cu cale;

I think it proper to warn you cred că e bine să te avertizez;

do as you think proper fă cum găseşti de cuviinţă / cum crezi ce e mai bine;

to do the proper thing by smb. a proceda cinstit / corect cu cineva;

the proper measures to take măsurile cuvenite / care trebuie luate;

the proper way to do it modul cel mai indicat de a o face;

the proper use of the infinitive folosirea corectă a infinitivului;

paid at the proper rate plătit la preţul cuvenit;

to keep smth. in proper condition a ţine / a păstra ceva în bună stare;

not a very proper attitude o atitudine / o postură nu tocmai decentă / cuvenită;

it is not at all the proper thing e un lucru pe care nu se cade să-l faci.

6. (înv.) propriu;

with my (own) proper eyes cu proprii mei ochi.

7. (înv.) frumos, bun.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Now, upon his father's marriage, it was very generally proposed, as a most proper attention, that the visit should take place.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

How do you learn all the proper ways?

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

You may smile, but it is so, I assure you; and except that it is sometimes carried a little too far, it is all very proper.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

‘Neither my son nor I want anything from Jonas Oldacre, dead or alive!’ she cried, with a proper spirit.

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

By my ten finger-bones! it is a trick that will add a proper man to the ranks of the Company.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hate you! I was angry perhaps at first, but my anger soon began to take a proper direction.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Should not the Colonel write himself? —sure, he is the proper person.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

My father was certainly disposed to take very kind and proper notice of him.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I made certain that it contained the proper equipment of oars, rowlocks, and sail.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

When his head had disappeared, I leaned out to try and see more, but without avail—the distance was too great to allow a proper angle of sight.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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