GUESS

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guess I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a ghici;

to guess a riddle a ghici o ghicitoare.

2. a presupune, a-şi închipui; a ghici, a bănui; (amer.) a crede, a fi de părere;

I should guess his age at forty cred că are 40 de ani, i-aş da vreo 40 de ani;

I guess so! cred şi eu! te cred! ba bine că nu!

guess I. verb B. intranzitiv

(at) a presupune (că).

guess II. substantiv

estimare; presupunere, bănuială;

by guess pe ghicite;

to make / to give / to have a guess a încerca să ghicească;

that is a good guess ai ghicit bine;

he had some slight guess of it îşi cam închipuia el aşa ceva;

(amer. fam.) it is anyone’s guess nimeni nu ştie adevărul, nu ştie nimeni precis;

to miss one’s guess a nu ghici, a greşi, a se înşela.

These we must only guess at; but there must have been some letter or message, since Skinsky came to Hildesheim.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I guess that’s what it ought to be called.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

“Well, I guess you have every cause to be.”

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

"I guess he'll like it," added Beth.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The boy guessed right the very first time.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I shook my head, unable to guess.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

No, Mr. Holmes, she could not have guessed—nor could anyone have guessed.

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

Well, I guess you’ll have to fix me up also.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the other ingredients I could make no guess.

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

He is all the fine things you think about him, I guess.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)