DESERT

Traducere în limba română

desert¹ I. verb A. tranzitiv

a părăsi, a abandona, a lăsa în părăsire;

his strength deserted him l-au părăsit puterile.

desert¹ I. verb B. intranzitiv

(from) a dezerta, a fugi (din, de la).

desert¹ II. adjectiv

pustiu, deşert;

a desert island o insulă pustie / nelocuită.

desert¹ III. substantiv

1. deşert, pustiu, pustietate.

2. (fig.) subiect arid, lipsit de interes; preocupare nerodnică; epocă neinteresantă etc.

desert² substantiv

merit; faptă (bună sau rea); răsplată, pedeapsă;

to treat people according to their deserts a se purta cu oamenii după meritele lor;

he will receive his desert o să-şi primească răsplata;

(pop.) to give smb. his deserts a burduşi pe cineva în bătaie, a stâlci, a snopi pe cineva;

to get / to meet with / to come by one’s deserts a căpăta ceea ce merită; a fi răsplătit după meritele sale.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Do not you desert me in the hour of trial!

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

As I got through the belt of trees I saw a white figure scale the high wall which separates our grounds from those of the deserted house.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

We had struck this deserted cabin after a hard day on trail.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

The Ghost was deserted. It was Maud’s and mine.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I say we, Master Copperfield; for I never will, said Mrs. Micawber with emotion, I never will desert Mr. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Finally he said: Why not call the Winged Monkeys, and ask them to carry you over the desert?

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

I walked to the window, and looked out on the deserted street.

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

My niece, Mary, has deserted me.

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

I ran into the other room, but it was equally deserted.

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

Return to the drawing-room: you are deserting too early.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)