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BEFALL
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Traducere în limba română
befall, past. befell, part. trec. befallen verb tranzitiv
a se întâmpla (cuiva); a avea parte de;
a strange fate befell him l-a lovit o soartă ciudată, a avut parte de o soartă ciudată.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
On we went, coz, some six thousand of us, until we came to Issodun, and there again a very great thing befell.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But does this mean that any harm has befallen the Lady Frances?
(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But what had befallen the night?
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
Shall you ever have courage to announce to Lady Catherine what is to befall her?
(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)
It befell, however, that a shepherd kept his sheep in the field and saw the flower, and as it was so pretty, plucked it, took it with him, and laid it away in his chest.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
I could hardly believe that so great a good fortune could have befallen me, but when I became assured that my enemy had indeed fled, I clapped my hands for joy and ran down to Clerval.
(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“He drove her. The beasts have pulled him off and clubbed him. Let him lie; we can’t do him any good, but we may save her from the worst fate that can befall a woman.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Have I not told her all that hath befallen us?”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I fear not, indeed: such chance is too good to befall me."
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
“I have some sad memories of the land. Can you recall that which befell us at Libourne?”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)