CHOOSE

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choose, past chose, part. trec. chosen verb A. tranzitiv

1. (out, of, from) a alege, a selecta (din), a opta, a pune ochii pe; a prefera;

there is little / nothing / there is not much / not a pin to choose between them nu e decât foarte mică deosebirea între ele; n-ai de unde alege; ce mi-i unul, ce mi-i altul, sunt la fel amândoi, sunt de aceeaşi teapă, sunt amândoi o apă şi un pământ, ce mi-e Tanda ce mi-e Manda;

they chose him their delegate l-au ales ca delegat;

he cannot choose but hear n-are încotro, n-are de ales – trebuie să asculte, ce poate face decât să asculte?;

to choose sides a-şi alege partenerul / partenerii (la jocuri).

2. (şi to choose rather) a prefera.

3. a vrea, a voi, a dori; a avea poftă;

do you choose to take a walk? vrei să faci o plimbare?;

he did not choose to see her n-a vrut, n-a avut poftă s-o vadă.

choose, past chose, part. trec. chosen verb B. intranzitiv

1. a alege, a avea de ales;

I had to choose between aveam de ales între.

2. a vrea, a dori;

I don’t choose nu vreau, nu-mi convine;

you may do as you choose (poţi să) faci cum îţi place, fă cum te taie capul, fie cum vrei tu.

3. to choose up vezi to choose sides (I,A, 1).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Choose a topic you love and want to explore because learning something new could be just as refreshing as a trip.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

I follow my own methods, and tell as much or as little as I choose.

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

And the king asked the soldier which of them he would choose for his wife; and he answered, “I am not very young, so I will have the eldest.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

“Why so I can, if I choose,” said I.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

All day she haunted the room, jealous of any other nurse, and prouder of being chosen then than of any honor her life ever brought her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Of course I said all I could about being willing, and asked if I might come into that room when I chose.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

‘But was there another with a barred tail?’ I asked, ‘the same as the one I chose?’

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

Again, would you choose an occasion when you are known to be in the house, when a servant has let you in?

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

I could not choose but suppose she was deserted.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Between these two, I now felt I had to choose.

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

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