CIVIL

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Traducere în limba română

civil adjectiv

1. civil.

2. cetăţenesc.

3. (jur.) civil, cetăţenesc.

4. politicos, bine crescut, manierat, civilizat;

to keep a civil tongue (in one’s head) a) a fi moderat, cumpătat, înfrânat; b) a fi politicos, bine crescut.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

She was certainly very civil to you.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Poor old Mrs. Bates, civil and humble as usual, looked as if she did not quite understand what was going on.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I only puzzle them, and oblige them to make civil speeches.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

That is all very proper and civil, I am sure, said Mrs. Bennet, and I dare say she is a very agreeable woman.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Lady Dalrymple had acquired the name of "a charming woman," because she had a smile and a civil answer for everybody.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I knew their spite: at one time they could not be civil to me, but now they are all friendship; but I am not such a fool as to be taken in by them.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Elinor was prevented from making any reply to this civil triumph, by the door's being thrown open, the servant's announcing Mr. Ferrars, and Edward's immediately walking in.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Mr. Bingley was unaffectedly civil in his answer, and forced his younger sister to be civil also, and say what the occasion required.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Anne, amused in spite of herself, was rather distressed for an answer, and the Admiral, fearing he might not have been civil enough, took up the subject again, to say—The next time you write to your good father, Miss Elliot, pray give him my compliments and Mrs Croft's, and say that we are settled here quite to our liking, and have no fault at all to find with the place.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

It was very lucky, for I would not have had poor James think himself slighted upon any account; and I am sure she will make a very good servant: she is a civil, pretty-spoken girl; I have a great opinion of her.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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