SOON

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soon adverb

1. curând, repede, iute; degrabă; îndată;

as soon as de îndată ce;

so soon as (ever) cât de devreme;

I would just as soon not go aş prefera-să nu mă duc, aş fi mai bucuros să nu mă duc.

2. sooner mai devreme, mai degrabă;

the sooner, the better cu cât mai devreme, cu atât mai bine;

sooner or later mai târziu sau mai devreme;

no sooner... than nici măcar... că şi;

he had no sooner got well than he fall ill again de îndată ce s-a făcut bine s-a şi îmbolnăvit din nou;

no sooner said than done zis şi făcut;

death sooner than slavery mai degrabă moartea decât sclavia.

Thy fighting days may soon be over.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"No, never repeat that foolish gossip, and forget it as soon as you can," said Mrs. March gravely.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

A king’s son soon came.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

We saw no sign of pursuit, however, and soon we had got into more open country and beyond their power.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That's a bad hearing, so soon, Clara.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

There was one of the Munchkin girls who was so beautiful that I soon grew to love her with all my heart.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

She was very much vexed, and meant to make her apology as soon as possible.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

You fell sick, I suppose, in the red-room with crying; you'll be better soon, no doubt.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

He had, very soon after their engagement ceased, got employ: and all that he had told her would follow, had taken place.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

“You can see for yourselves that some one is there. Now follow me, and we shall soon know all.”

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