FOND

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fond¹ adjectiv

1. iubitor, afectuos, tandru; duios; mângâietor; calin; îngăduitor, indulgent, prea bun;

a fond father un tată prea îngăduitor;

to be fond of a fi îndrăgostit de, a-i plăcea mult, a fi amator de;

to be fond of music a fi amator de muzică.

2. nesăbuit, prostesc; lipsit de raţiune, lipsit de sens, fără rost; zadarnic;

fond hope speranţă zadarnică;

a fond belief o credinţă necugetată.

fond² substantiv

fond, rezervă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Then you are fond of old Fred?

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Are you fond of dancing, Fanny?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

He seemed to be very fond of my mother—I am afraid I liked him none the better for that—and she was very fond of him.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He was fond and proud of me—it is what no man besides will ever be.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Her dying so suddenly (slowly, and with hesitation it was spoken), and you—none of you being at home—and your father, I thought—perhaps had not been very fond of her.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

It was really expected to be a good one, and Captain Wentworth was very fond of music.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I am very fond of hearing Miss Bates talk.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

My poor husband! how fond he was of it!

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I am fond of the Winkies, and if I could get back again to the Country of the West, I should like nothing better than to rule over them forever.

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

He was very fond of them.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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