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UNCERTAINTY
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Traducere în limba română
uncertainty substantiv
incertitudine, nesiguranţă;
uncertainty of tenure (of office) amovibilitate.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
This will be complete enjoyment; and I do not know, Mrs. Elton, whether the uncertainty of our meetings, the sort of constant expectation there will be of his coming in to-day or to-morrow, and at any hour, may not be more friendly to happiness than having him actually in the house.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
My dear Copperfield, said Mr. Micawber, putting out his hand, this is indeed a meeting which is calculated to impress the mind with a sense of the instability and uncertainty of all human—in short, it is a most extraordinary meeting.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
He looked pleased by this remembrance, and added, If I am not deceived by the uncertainty, the partiality of tender recollection, there is a very strong resemblance between them, as well in mind as person.
(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)
The preparations must take their time, nothing could be properly ready till the third week were entered on, and for a few days they must be planning, proceeding and hoping in uncertainty—at the risk—in her opinion, the great risk, of its being all in vain.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)
It was Jordan Baker; she often called me up at this hour because the uncertainty of her own movements between hotels and clubs and private houses made her hard to find in any other way.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)