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SOMEBODY
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somebody I. pronume
cineva;
somebody told me so cineva mi-a spus aceasta; aşa mi s-a spus;
somebody is knocking cineva bate la uşă;
somebody is missing lipseşte cineva;
somebody or other has told him nu ştiu cine i-a spus; cineva trebuie să-i fi spus;
Mr. Somebody (or other) domnul Cutare, domnul X;
somebody else înca cineva; un altul, altcineva;
somebody extra / in excess cineva în plus / de prisos.
somebody II. substantiv
cineva, persoană însemnată;
he’s (a) somebody e o personalitate / e cineva; nu e un oarecare;
he thinks he’s somebody el se crede cineva; el se crede plămădit din alt aluat.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Somebody said to me, “Let us go to the theatre, Copperfield!”
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Somebody gave me a push that has hurt it, I am afraid.
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
He needs a party of jolly boys to play with, or somebody young and lively.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
I once saw Henry the Eighth acted, or I have heard of it from somebody who did, I am not certain which.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
"In it, an' right there where I've got you! Take that! an' that! an' that! damn you! Hold me back, somebody! Hold me back!"
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
Do clear them too, or we shall be obliged to think ill of somebody.
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
There she is—no, that's somebody else.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
“Won’t somebody get a knife? Oh, won’t somebody get a knife?” Leach pleaded in the first interval of comparative silence.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
And the rest came running to him, and everyone cried out that somebody had been upon his bed.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
Then somebody must get out.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)