ANYTHING

Traducere în limba română

anything I. pronume

1. (în prop. interog., în loc de something) ceva;

have you lost anything? ai pierdut ceva?

2. (în prop. neg.) nimic;

he hasn’t found anything n-a găsit, n-a constatat nimic.

3. (în prop. afirm.) orice, tot (ceea ce), ce;

take anything you like ia tot (ceea) ce doreşti;

anything but orice în afară de, tot ce vrei, numai... nu;

he is anything but a coward e tot ce vrei, numai fricos nu,

it is anything but clear numai clar nu este, nu e câtuşi de puţin limpede, e departe de a fi limpede. ◊

(fam.) as anything al naibii, straşnic (v. şi like anything );

(fam.) like anything tare, straşnic, grozav, extraordinar; de mama focului; ca altă aia;

he ran like anything fugea de-i sfârâiau călcâiele.

anything II. adverb

într-o oarecare măsură, oarecum;

he is a little better if anything e puţin mai bine, dacă se poate vorbi de aşa ceva.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Did William say anything to his mother before going out?

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

I'm just a rough sort of a fellow, an' I ain't never seen anything of society.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Have you taken anything off this shelf, Hopkins?

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

If the procedure is expensive, you would need to call your insurance provider to be sure of the items covered and what (if anything) is not.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

It developed what little executive ability I possessed, and I was aware of a toughening or hardening which I was undergoing and which could not be anything but wholesome for “Sissy” Van Weyden.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

On the contrary, it is quite conceivable that I do not have to do anything.

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

I certainly have had my share of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

If I want anything I shall call out, and you can come to me at once.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Boone, as I have told you, was arrested and taken to the station, but it could not be shown that there had ever before been anything against him.

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

If he wants anything else he prints it on a slip of paper and leaves it.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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