CAUSE

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Traducere în limba română

cause I. substantiv

1. cauză, pricină, motiv, temei.

2. cauză, interes;

the cause of peace cauza păcii;

lost cause a) cauză pierdută; b) (ist.) sistemul sclavagist (apărat de sudişti în timpul Războiului de Secesiune din Statele Unite, 1861 – 1865);

to support the cause of the workers a sprijini cauza clasei muncitoare;

to make common cause with a face cauză comună cu, a fi (trup şi suflet) cu

3. (jur., rar) cauză, caz, proces; speţă;

to plead a cause a pleda (la) un proces;

to gain one’s cause a-şi câştiga procesul, cauza, dreptatea.

cause II. verb tranzitiv

a cauza, a pricinui; a determina, a face;

I caused him to come l-am făcut să vină;

to cause smb. to be informed a încunoştinţa pe cineva, a-i da de ştire cuiva;

to cause smth. to be done a face ceva; a determina (să se facă) un lucru; a interveni pentru ca un lucru să fie făcut.

cause conj. (înv.) vezi because.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The drink was an effect, not a cause.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

What then could have been in this letter to cause so dreadful a result?

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

Of course, any number of things could cause delays in travel.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Then, again, the introduction of his name will cause him to see it, for everyone who knows him will direct his attention to it.

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

I guess Art is the cause.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

As I obeyed I noticed an anxious light come into Johnson’s eyes, but I did not dream of its cause.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

He could suggest no possible cause why anyone should wish to destroy them—in fact, he laughed at the idea.

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

The father of Safie had been the cause of their ruin.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The head was badly crushed—an injury which might well have been caused by a fall from the train.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“We have no cause for fear.”

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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