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RECEIVE

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receive verb A. tranzitiv

1. a primi, a căpăta;

to receive a good education a primi o bună educaţie;

to receive the finishing stroke / touch a căpăta ultimul retuş; a fi pus la punct.

2. a primi, a lua (bani);

received achitat.

3. a primi, a adăposti;

to receive stolen goods a tăinui lucruri furate, a fi gazdă de hoţi.

4. a primi, a admite;

to be received into a family a intra în familie.

5. a primi în depozit;

box to receive contributions cutie pentru chetă.

6. a admite, a recunoaşte, a legitima;

to receive smb. into a charge a numi pe cineva într-o funcţie;

custom long received obicei de mult admis, datină împământenită.

7. (jur.) a avea în vedere, a considera.

8. a lua, a pune;

to receive to heart a pune la inimă, a-şi face inimă rea.

9. a avea o capacitate a cuprinde.

receive verb B. intranzitiv

a primi vizite.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Do you receive much company?” he asked.

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

That very dear part of Emma, her fancy, received an amusing supply.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

She had never received kindness from her aunt Norris, and could not love her.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Mrs Croft always met her with a kindness which gave her the pleasure of fancying herself a favourite, and on the present occasion, receiving her in that house, there was particular attention.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

She knocked without receiving any answer, and even turned the handle, but only to find that the door was locked upon the inside.

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

During all these years I have known that I had but to say the word to receive as much as I wished from him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

James Morland's second letter was then received, and the kind intentions of his father fully explained.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

But he received it on that day?

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

Now he could expect a beating as fearful as any he had received from Beauty Smith.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

When you leave Barton to form your own establishment in a more lasting home, Queen Mab shall receive you."

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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