INSIST

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insist verb intranzitiv

1. (on, upon) a insista, a stărui, a accentua (asupra, cu gen.), a pune accentul, a apăsa (pe), a se opri mult (la);

to insist (up)on a thing a insista asupra unui lucru, a se opri prea mult la un lucru;

to insist (upon it) that one is innocent a-şi susţine cu tărie nevinovăţia, a asigura cu tărie că e nevinovat;

that is not a point to be insisted on nu este un lucru asupra căruia trebuie să se insiste;

I won't insist nu insist, să trecem peste asta;

he insisted that it was so el pretindea/ susţinea că este aşa;

he insists that he saw it el afirmă sus şi tare că a văzut acest lucru;

„you must apologize”, he insisted „trebuie să-ţi ceri scuze”, insistă el.

2. (on, upon; that) a insista, a stărui (asupra, ca), a cere cu insistenţă / stăruinţă (ca);

to insist on doing smth. a insista / a vrea neapărat / a ţine mortiş să facă ceva;

to insist on smb.'s doing smth. a cere insistent cuiva să facă ceva;

he insists on your coming el insistă / vrea neapărat / ţine mortiş să veniţi;

you mean to insist on him apologizing personally? ţii neapărat ca el să-şi ceară scuze personal?

he insisted on being paid at once el a cerut să fie plătit imediat;

I insist upon it! vreau neapărat!

he insists upon it el o ţine una şi bună, nu vrea să renunţe în ruptul capului;

I insist on obedience vreau să fiu ascultat, pretind / cer ascultare;

to insist on payment a cere plata;

to insist on one's rights a-şi revendica drepturile;

I'll have some more if you insist o să mai iau dacă insişti.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Unless they heal within a day or two, I shall insist on the doctor seeing about them.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

So I let him have the two stories, and today this was sent to me, and Laurie caught me with it and insisted on seeing it, so I let him.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Maud insisted on helping, and I could have wept over her bruised and bleeding hands.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"There is a difference," she insisted.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I don’t insist upon it.

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

Miss Bennet, I insist on being satisfied.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

She insisted on being left behind, the next morning, when the others went out.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

He insisted, too, on my coming the next day to spend the evening at Vale Hall.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Mr. Kirwin came in and insisted that my strength should not be exhausted by too much exertion.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

My aunt (who was busy nearly all this while with Peggotty, in the inner room) would not accompany us to the place where they were staying, but insisted on my going; and I went.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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