EVER

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ever adverb

1. (în)totdeauna; într-una, mereu;

ever after / since de atunci (încoace);

for ever (and ever), for ever and a day pentru totdeauna, pe veci(e), veşnic;

(în scrisori) yours ever al dv. credincios;

not ever nu întotdeauna;

ever yet (şi) mai departe, (în)totdeauna; pentru totdeauna.

2. vreodată, cândva;

it is the best book I have ever read e cea mai bună carte pe care am citit-o vreodată;

(înv.) ever and anon din când în când;

he read seldom if ever nu citea niciodată sau rar;

now if ever is the time to acum ori niciodătă e vremea să;

nothing ever happens nu se-ntâmplă niciodată nimic;

do you ever miss the train? vi se-ntâmplă (vreodată) să pierdeţi trenul?;

it is less than ever the time to e mai puţin ca oricând momentul să;

hardly ever aproape / mai niciodată;

did you ever hear such a thing? ai auzit (vreodată) aşa ceva?

3. (în propoziţii comparative pentru a întări pe „as“; as ever de îndată ce;

I’ll come as soon as ever I can voi veni de îndată ce voi putea.

4. (pentru a accentua o întrebare fam;) why ever did you do it? cine te-a pus să faci una ca asta? de ce (naiba) ai făcut asta?

what ever do you mean? ce vrei să spui (în definitiv)? adică ce vrei să spui?

ever so a) foarte, tare;

thank you ever so much îţi mulţumesc foarte mult, mii de mulţumiri;

ever so long o veşnicie; b) oricât de;

be the weather ever so bad I must go oricât de urâtă va fi vremea, trebuie să plec.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

‘Jack,’ said she, ‘when you took my money you said that if ever I wanted any I was to ask you for it.’

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

Had he ever spoken of Swandam Lane?

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

If ever you write an account, Watson, you can make rabbits serve your turn.

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

Within that period, you’ll have special emphasis on one of your most sparkling days for home and family actions ever—March 20.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

How could his brain ever master it all?

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Do you ever try to read your own face?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“But WERE you ever married, Peggotty?” says I. “You are a very handsome woman, an't you?”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Half the load and twice the dogs, if they ever expected to reach Dawson, was what was said.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

“By that, I take it, you see something that is alive, but that necessarily does not have to live for ever.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"First time I ever heard him, too," Miller volunteered.

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

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