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AMBITIOUS

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ambitious adjectiv

1. ambiţios, plin de ambiţie; râvnitor, ahtiat;

ambitious of power dornic de putere, râvnind puterea.

2. (despre stil) pretenţios.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

And he had plans for it, ambitious plans.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The solitary woman felt an interest in the ambitious girl, and kindly conferred many favors of this sort both on Jo and the Professor.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

"Well, if you are not ambitious, you are—" He paused.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

We're an ambitious set, aren't we?

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

He repeated, "No. What made you think of ambition? Who is ambitious? I know I am: but how did you find it out?"

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I'm not ambitious for a splendid fortune, a fashionable position, or a great name for my girls.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I am not ambitious.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Ambitious men caught glimpses of nobler ambitions than their own, and even worldlings confessed that his beliefs were beautiful and true, although 'they wouldn't pay'.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

My dear girls, I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world, marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

About this time an ambitious young reporter from New York arrived one morning at Gatsby's door and asked him if he had anything to say.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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