WHOLE

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whole I. substantiv

întreg, tot;

as a whole în general;

on / upon the whole a) în total; cu totul; b) în general;

the whole of the village tot satul;

the whole of literature întreaga literatură;

I'll tell you the whole of it am să-ţi spun / povestesc tot (din fir-a-păr).

whole II. adjectiv

1. întreg, tot;

(mat.) whole number număr întreg;

the whole world lumea întreagă; întreaga omenire, toată omenirea;

(fam.) a whole lot mult; mulţi; o mulţime.

2. întreg, teafăr, neatins, nevătămat;

to get off with a whole skin, to keep a whole skin a scăpa cu pielea întreagă, a scăpa teafăr / nevătămat.

3. (despre un frate etc.) bun, de sânge.

4. (înv.) sănătos; întremător.

Perhaps it might cost a whole twenty pounds.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

She looked so beautiful in her enthusiasm that I nearly brought down the whole level of the interview.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had prepared an occupation for him; for I was determined not to spend the whole time in a tete-a-tete conversation.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Yet she did not tell him her whole mind.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I don’t know what to do and my whole life seems to have gone to pieces.

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

I have not seen a creature the whole morning!

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Now I’ll tell you the queerest part of the whole story.

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

She walked the whole day until she came to the deepest, darkest part of the forest.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Had I the command of millions, were I mistress of the whole world, your brother would be my only choice.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Why, pretty well, my dear, upon the whole.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)