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Traducere în limba română
sigh I. verb A. intranzitiv
1. (for) a ofta, a suspina, a tânji (după).
2. (despre vânt) a suspina, a şuiera trist.
sigh I. verb B. tranzitiv
1. (şi to sigh out) a şopti suspinând.
sigh II. substantiv
suspin, oftat;
to fetch a sigh a scoate un suspin / un oftat.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
"I am glad I am a woman, Martin—dear," she said, after a long sigh.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
Edmund's deep sighs often reached Fanny.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
Mr. Dick shook his, and sighed.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
“I am afraid,” returned Emma, sighing, “that I must often have contributed to make her unhappy.”
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
"If I only had a silk!" sighed Meg.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
"Pity!" he said, and sighed and paused.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
With a sigh she sank back again to sleep.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
“I am particularly fond of this spot,” said her companion, with a sigh.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
Do not talk to me of my wife, said he with a heavy sigh.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
My uncle drew a long sigh of relief.
(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)