DINE

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Traducere în limba română

dine verb A. intranzitiv

1. a lua masa, a prânzi; a cina;

(glumeţ) to dine with Duke Humphrey a se lipsi de masă; a rămâne nemâncat; a mânca răbdări prăjite.

2. to dine out a mânca în oraş / la restaurant.

dine verb B. tranzitiv

1. (înv.) a mânca.

2. a pofti la masă; a invita; a hrăni, a da de mâncare (cuiva); a primi la masă;

he dined me handsomely mi-a oferit o masă bună; m-a omenit cum se cuvine;

(fam.) this won't dine us nu ne săturăm noi cu asta/ cu atât.

3. a deservi;

this table dines twelve comfortably la această masă pot mânca uşor 12 oameni.

4. to dine on / upon a mânca, a se ospăta cu.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Yes, Mr. Charles Maddox dined at my sister's one day, did not he, Henry?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

But I told Traddles, and Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, that before I could think of leaving, they must appoint a day when they would come and dine with me.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I come with you so far as Piccadilly and there dine, for I must be back here before the sun set.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

She said he was very agreeable the day he dined there.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

"I hadn't time to cook anything. I meant to dine at Mother's. I'm sorry, but I was so busy," and Meg's tears began again.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

In the mornings he seemed much engaged with business, and, in the afternoon, gentlemen from Millcote or the neighbourhood called, and sometimes stayed to dine with him.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I dine with Miss Tilney today, and must now be going home.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

He came to dine with our horse, who received him with great civility.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

"You MUST drink tea with us to night," said he, "for we shall be quite alone—and tomorrow you must absolutely dine with us, for we shall be a large party."

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I've half a mind to dine first.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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