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sure I. adjectiv

sigur, neîndoielnic;

to be sure of smth. a fi sigur de ceva;

to be sure of oneself a fi sigur de sine însuşi;

to be sure of one’s income a avea un venit sigur;

(fam.) I’m sure I don’t know zău că nu ştiu;

to make sure of a fact a se încredinţa / a se asigura de un fapt;

to make smb. sure of smth. a asigura / a încredinţa pe cineva de ceva;

(fam.) I made sure it would happen and it didn’t eram sigur că se va întâmpla şi n-a fost nimic;

(prov.) don’t be too sure! nu fi niciodată prea sigur de ceva;

(fam.) for sure sigur, categoric;

(fam.) sure thing centitudine;

I don’t know for sure nu sunt prea sigur;

tomorrow for sure mâine fără îndoială;

it is sure to be fine va fi frumos fără îndoială;

he is sure to come va veni negreşit, e sigur că va veni;

be sure to / (fam.) and come early nu uita să vii devreme, caută / vezi să vii devreme;

be sure not to lose it păzeş-te să nu-l pierzi;

yes, to be sure da, bine înţeles; da, desigur.

sure II. adverb

1. (amer. fam.) desigur, fără îndoială;

as sure as a gun / as deadh / as fate, (fam.) as sure as eggs is eggs (sl.) as sure as mud cum mă vezi şi cum te văd, tot aşa de sigur pe cât doi şi cu doi fac patru.

2. sure enough cu siguranţă, hotărât, sigur.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He counted them three times to make sure.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

There he was to be found, she was sure of it, at the Bar of Gold, in Upper Swandam Lane.

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

Yet he never can be sure; and that is the worst of all.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I was bloomin’ well sure you was a gentleman as soon as I set eyes on yer.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“I was sure of it from the first.”

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

She was sure of herself, and in a few days he would be off to sea.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I am sure I couldn’t say, sir.

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

At first the great brutes flew round in a huge ring, as if to make sure what the exact extent of the danger might be.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What good times they had, to be sure.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Well, I am very glad indeed: but I always thought you would have it; I always thought you sure.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

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