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PUNISH

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punish verb tranzitiv

1. a pedepsi, a penaliza;

punished with death pedepsit cu moartea.

2. (fam.) a bea zdravăn.

3. (fam.) a lovi straşnic cu pumnii.

4. a mâna (un cal) cu violenţă.

5. a consuma foarte mult;

(glumeţ) to punish one's food a mânca foarte mult.

6. (sl.) to be / to get punished a suferi o pagubă.

7. to punish the engine a forţa motorul.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“I never heard anything so abominable. How shall we punish him for such a speech?”

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

And the old king was very angry, and wanted to punish his wicked sons; but they made their escape, and got into a ship and sailed away over the wide sea, and where they went to nobody knew and nobody cared.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Pray forgive me if I have been very presuming, or at least do not punish me so far as to exclude me from P. I shall never be quite happy till I have been all round the park.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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