MISTAKE

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mistake I. substantiv

greşeală, eroare, inadvertenţă;

an exercise full of mistakes un exerciţiu plin de greşeli;

to make a mistake a face o greşală; a comite o greşeală / o eroare / o confuzie; a fi în greşeală; a se înşela;

to make a bad mistake a comite o mare greşeală / o greşeală grosolană;

to do smth. by mistake a face ceva din greşeală;

to labour under a mistake a fi în greşeală;

to acknowledge one's mistake a-şi mărturisi greşeala;

there must be some mistake trebuie să fie vreo greşeală;

there can be no mistake about that nu poate încăpea / nu încape nici o îndoială asupra acestui lucru;

(fam.) I am unlucky and no mistake! hotărât, n-am noroc; n-am noroc şi pace;

to take smb.'s hat in mistake for one's own a lua din greşeală pălăria altcuiva.

mistake II. verb tr. past mistook part. trec mistaken

1. a înţege greşit (vorbele cuiva); a se înşela asupra (vorbelor, intenţiilor cuiva);

to mistake one's way a greşi drumul;

he mistook the times in which he lived nu-şi dădea seama de epoca în care trăia;

I have mistaken the house m-am înşelat asupra casei, am greşit casa;

there can be no mistakeing his words nu te poţi înşela asupra (înţelesului) cuvintelor lui;

you have mistaken your man ţi-ai greşit omul.

2. a confunda, a lua drept altul;

I mistook him for G. l-am lust drept G.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

So it seemed to us; and yet we were mistaken.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oh, no, that is a great mistake.

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

She really did her best to make Amy happy, but, dear me, what mistakes she made.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake it for sense.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I am come in a great hurry—It was all a mistake—I never promised to go—I told them from the first I could not go.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Now she could see her own mistake as to who were gone, or said to be gone.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Well, well, he made a mistake, didn't he?

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Don’t let there be any mistake about that.

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

My heart turned to water, for there was no sign of the stone, and I knew that some terrible mistake had occurred.

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

A mistake would have been fatal.

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

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