ENGROSS

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Traducere în limba română

engross verb tranzitiv

1. a absobi; a ocupa, a acapara, a monopoliza;

it engrossed his whole attention i-a absorbit / captivat toată atenţia.

2. pasiv a fi absorbit / cufundat / adâncit;

to be engrossed in thought a fi adâncit în gânduri.

3. (ist.) a acapara, a stoca (o marfă).

4. a copia cu litere mari.

5. (agr.) a îngrăşa.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

How abominable in you, then, to let me engross her horse as I did all last week!

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Mr. Darcy stood near them in silent indignation at such a mode of passing the evening, to the exclusion of all conversation, and was too much engrossed by his thoughts to perceive that Sir William Lucas was his neighbour, till Sir William thus began: What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Her mind was entirely self-engrossed.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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