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SPY

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spy I. substantiv

1. (mil.) spion, iscoadă, agent secret; cercetaş, ecleror, pânditor.

2. spion; urmăritor.

3. (mar. înv.) pilot.

4. (înv.) privire, ochi.

spy II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a vedea, a zări, a observa, a distinge (după o cercetare atentă); a descoperi;

he spied a horseman approaching zări un călăreţ care se apropia;

to spy faults a descoperi greşeli.

2. a spiona.

3. to spy out a) a cerceta, a examina (pe ascuns);

to spy out the land a cerceta regiunea / terenul; b) a descoperi (ceva) după o cercetare.

spy II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. (upon) a spiona, a iscodi; a pândi, a urmări (cu ac.).

2. to spy into smth. a cerceta, a examina ceva (în taină).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I made all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Bethink you, Sir Simon, that we have this news from the lips of common spies, who can scarce tell us as much of the enemy and of his forces as the prince would wish to hear.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I will soon find out where she is, however, said the star-gazer, as he looked through his glass; and he soon cried out, I see her afar off, sitting upon a rock in the sea, and I can spy the dragon close by, guarding her.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Great honor has been done to us, men, cried he: for, of all the army, the prince has chosen us out that we should ride onwards into the lands of Spain to spy upon our enemies.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The wind was full west, and by six in the evening I computed I had gone eastward at least eighteen leagues; when I spied a very small island about half a league off, which I soon reached.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

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