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SAKE

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sake substantiv

drag, consideraţie;

for the sake of în interesul, de dragul (cu gen.), din cauza (cu gen.), pentru;

I forgive you for her sake to iert din consideraţie pentru ea / de dragul ei;

do it for my sake fă-o pentru mine / pentru a-mi face plăcere;

for the sake of peace pentru a avea pace / linişte;

for God’s sake sau for goodness(’) sake pentru Dumnezeu, pentru numele lui dumnezeu;

art for art’s sake artă pentru artă;

for the sake of the cause în interesul cauzei;

word brought in for the sake of the rhyme cuvânt întrebuinţat pentru, rimă;

for old times’ sake în amintirea trecutului / zilelor frumoase de demult;

for old acquaintance(’) sake în amintirea vechii noastre prietenii;

for conscience(’) sake din cauza conştiinţei, pentru a-şi împăca conştiinţa;

for order’s sake pentru (a fi în bună) ordine din motive de bună regulă;

to talk for talking’s sake a vorbi pentru plăcerea de a vorbi;

(amer. sl.) sakes alive!, sakes! is te uită!

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Pray advise him for his own sake, and for everybody's sake, to leave Bath directly.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“For heaven’s sake, don’t tell him! I love him so! I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.”

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

He felt it all, so much for her sake.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Should her disposition be really bad, said Sir Thomas, we must not, for our own children's sake, continue her in the family; but there is no reason to expect so great an evil.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

‘Oh, it’s for my sake, not for yours,’ he cried.

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

But be careful of him for safety's sake.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

For the sake of Agnes Wickfield—Heaven bless her!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Take care then, sir!—for God's sake, take care!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

They did sober themselves for Beth's sake.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“I play the game for the game’s own sake,” said he.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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