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PROUD

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proud adjectiv

1. mândru, fălos, orgolios;

as proud as Lucifer / as a peacock/ as Punch mândru ca un păun;

to be house-proud a fi mândru de casa lui;

to be proud to have done smth. a se făli că a făcut ceva;

(fam) to do smb. proud a) a flata pe cineva; b) a se da peste cap pentru cineva;

(sl.) to do oneself proud a se îngriji bine.

2. (poetic) semeţ, trufaş.

3. (poetic, despre privire, înfăţiare etc.) frumos; nobil; impozant.

◊ proud waters ape mari;

(med.) proud flesh carne puroioasă;

proud nail cui care iese în afară.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He was fond and proud of me—it is what no man besides will ever be.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Pardieu!” said Sir Nigel, “if they are all like their messenger, they are indeed men of whom a leader may be proud. Your name, good archer?”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Well," said Anne, "I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place."

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Jim was proud down to the very marrow of his bones.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was a fine man, my dear, but what is better, he was a brave and an honest one, and I was proud to be his friend.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

But Peggotty said, with greater emphasis than usual, that we must take things as we found them, and that, for her part, she was proud to call herself a Yarmouth Bloater.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

If you already have children, you may hear exciting news about one or more of your offspring, and the news will surely make you proud.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

And I felt as proud of my conception as if it were already a fact accomplished.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I’ve always been proud above my station in life, and disgrace would kill me.

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

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