DUTY

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duty substantiv

1. datorie, îndatorire, obligaţie;

to do one’s duty a-şi face datoria;

sense of duty sentimentul datoriei;

you are in duty bound to do it e de datoria ta s-o faci.

2. datorie, serviciu, slujbă;

on duty la datorie; de serviciu; de pază; de gardă;

off duty liber, care nu e de serviciu;

(mil.) to hire one’s duty a angaja pe cineva să facă de serviciu în locul său;

(mil. mar.) duty covered by orders serviciu comandat.

3. dare, impozit, taxă, taxe; impozit fiscal;

custom duties taxe vamale.

4. respect, stimă, consideraţie;

he sends his duty to you vă trimite respectuoase salutări.

5. (tehn.) randament (dat de o maşină); putere mecanică, efort; sarcină;

(agr.) duty of water concentraţie de apă necesară pentru fertilitatea unei suprafeţe.

◊ to do duty for a) a servi de, a ţine loc de; b) a trece drept.

It's your duty to make a rich match and it ought to be impressed upon you.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

This treasure, as in duty bound, I laid at the feet of Steerforth, and begged him to dispense.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

My duty will be to develop these germs: surely I shall find some happiness in discharging that office.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“I have long known, sir, how high is your sense of public duty,” said he.

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

And since so, do we not see our duty?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

God is noddin’ and not doin’ his duty, though it’s me as shouldn’t say it.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“Who is on duty?” asked Holmes.

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

“You should be in bed,” I said. “Come back to your duties when you are stronger.”

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

I cannot attend to my duties when every moment I am cut over with a whip or a stick.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Poole, replied the lawyer, if you say that, it will become my duty to make certain.

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