BUSINESS

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business substantiv

1. afacere; ocupaţie; treabă; chestiune;

the business of the day / meeting ordinea de zi;

on business cu treburile, plecat după treburi;

(amer. fam.) monkey business comportare prostească; prostii; giumbuşlucuri, pozne;

to mean business a vorbi serios; a avea intenţii serioase; a se apuca de ceva cu toată seriozitatea sau cu hotărâre;

mind yourown business! nu e treaba dumitale! vezi-ţi de treaba dumitale!;

to send smb. about his business a alunga pe cineva, a trimite pe cineva la plimbare;

what is your business here? ce cauţi aici?

he asked (for) my business m-a întrebat ce vreau / ce doresc;

let us come to business să venim la subiect;

to have one's hands full of business a avea (foarte) multe de făcut / multă treabă de făcut, a nu-şi vedea capul de treabă;

that is not the business nu despre asta e vorba;

my business is with you am treabă cu dumneata;

(prov.) everybody's business is nobody's business copilul cu prea multe moaşe rămâne / moare cu buricul netăiat.

2. profesie, ocupaţie.

3. activitate comercială, afaceri; dever, clientelă;

the big business marele capital;

out of business falit;

man of business om de afaceri; agent; om de încredere;

business is business afacerile sunt afaceri, frate-frate, dar brânza-i pe bani.

4. firmă, întreprindere (comercială);

to set up in business / to go into business a începe să facă comerţ, a se lansa în afaceri.

5. târg; afacere; chilipir.

6. obligaţie, datorie, îndatorire; drept;

to make it one’s business to a socoti de datoria lui să; a se însărcina să;

you had no business to do it nu aveai dreptul s-o faci, nu aveai nici un drept / temei să faci asta.

7. afacere, poveste, istorie, chestiune;

I am sick of the whole business mă plictiseşte toată povestea asta.

8. (teatru) acţiune, mimică, gesturi, gestică (nu dialog).

◊ (sl.) to do one’s business for smb. a) a distruge pe cineva; b) a bate măr pe cineva.

business substantiv

caracter aferat; preocupare.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Then we can proceed to business.

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

This business at Coburg Square is serious.

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

As for business, I shall never succeed at it.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

And now I come to the queer part of the business.

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

“Yes,” pursued my aunt, “and he has done a pretty piece of business. He has run away. Ah! His sister, Betsey Trotwood, never would have run away.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The business of love was at hand—ever a sterner and crueller business than that of food-getting.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

However, there was business to be done, and I could allow nothing to interfere with it.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

That was the end of the night's business.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

I come here at the instance of your colleague, Dr. Henry Jekyll, on a piece of business of some moment; and I understood...

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

A business process status of a clinical study which occurs before the study starts.

(Planned Clinical Study, NCI Thesaurus)

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