APPREHEND

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Traducere în limba română

apprehend verb A. tranzitiv

1. (înv.) a apuca, a prinde.

2. a aresta.

3. a pricepe, a sesiza; a prinde; a concepe; a-şi închipui, a presupune; a recunoaşte (înţelesul etc.).

4. a presimţi (ceva rău), a se teme de;

to apprehend danger a se teme de un pericol.

apprehend verb B. intranzitiv

a se teme, a-i fi teamă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He had seen the coachmen, and they both agreed with him in there being nothing to apprehend.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I apprehend, if you come to that, said Mr. Creakle, with his veins swelling again bigger than ever, that you've been in a wrong position altogether, and mistook this for a charity school.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

As she would not hear of staying to dinner, lest she should by any chance fail to arrive at home with the grey pony before dark; and as I apprehend Mr. Wickfield knew her too well to argue any point with her; some lunch was provided for her there, and Agnes went back to her governess, and Mr. Wickfield to his office.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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