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RELENT

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Traducere în limba română

relent verb A. intranzitiv

1. a se potoli, a se domoli; a se înduioşa.

2. (înv.) a se topi, a se înmuia.

relent verb B. tranzitiv

1. a potoli, a domoli; a înduioşa.

2. a renunţa la, a abandona, a părăsi.

3. (înv.) a înmuia, a slăbi.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Laurie looked at her once or twice, but as she showed no sign of relenting, he felt injured, and turned his back on her till the others were done with him, when he made her a low bow and walked off without a word.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

But for the quiet picture I had conjured up, of my mother in her youth and beauty, weeping by the fire, and my aunt relenting to her, I hardly think I should have had the courage to go on until next day.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Meg smiled and relented, and whispered as they stood waiting to catch the time, "Take care my skirt doesn't trip you up. It's the plague of my life and I was a goose to wear it."

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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