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NEVER
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never adverb
1. niciodată;
I never go there nu mă duc niciodată acolo;
never again / more niciodată;
he was never heard of again nu s-a mai auzit de el niciodată;
he never came back nu s-a mai întors niciodată;
never before niciodată până atunci; niciodată până azi / acum;
the thing had never before been seen aşa ceva nu se mai văzuse niciodată până atunci;
never after niciodată după aceea;
never since niciodată de atunci încolo;
one never knows nu se ştie niciodată;
now or never acum ori niciodată;
never in (all) my life/ born days (niciodată) de când sunt, de când mama m-a făcut, niciodată până acum;
(fam.) tomorrow come never la paştele cailor, la calendele greceşti, la sfântu-aşteaptă;
the Never Never Land a) partea de nord a ţinutului Queensland; b) ţara unde umblă câinii cu covrigi în coadă;
(prop.) never is a long day / word să nu spui vorbă mare; nu rosti cu uşurinţă cuvântul niciodată;
(prov.) it is never too late to mend nu e niciodată prea târziu.
2. (fam.) de loc, câtuşi de puţin, nicidecum, nici măcar; nu;
he never slept a wink all night n-a putut dormi de loc, n-a închis ochii toată noaptea;
I never expected him to come nu mă aşteptam de loc să vină;
he answered never a word n-a răspuns nici măcar un cuvânt;
never a one nici unul, nici una;
he was never the worse for it nu i-a mers de loc mai rău din pricina asta;
never fear nu-ţi fie teamă, nu-ţi face griji;
never mind nu face nimic, n-are nici o importanţă;
never so oricât de;
were it never so late oricât ar fi de târziu;
there's room enough for a company were it never so large e destul loc pentru oricât de multă lume.
3. (fam.) (arată surprinderea sau dificultatea de a crede) imposibil, sigur că nu, doar nu vrei să spui că;
you never told him that! sigur că nu i-ai spus asta!
you never left the key in the look! doar nu vrei să-mi spui că ai uitat cheia în broască!;
"He ate the whole turkey" "Never!" a mâncat întreg curcanul. Imposibil! Ei taci! Nu mai spune!;
well I never! sau I never did! formidabil! (e) de necrezut! aşa ceva n-am auzit de când sunt!
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Never, in that period, did any of them crawl toward the dark corners of the back-wall.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
These people had nothing to do but talk to each other, but they always came to wait outside the Throne Room every morning, although they were never permitted to see Oz.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)
Then Lina said: “Fundevogel, never leave me, and I will never leave you.”
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
“No. Not that one, I never see that boat.”
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
I did. You never said so.
(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another.
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
Each question is rated on a scale of 0-4 with 0 being 'never' and 4 being 'very often'.
(Current Opioid Misuse Measure Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug that is used to treat advanced ovarian cancer that has never been treated or symptoms of ovarian cancer that has come back after treatment with other anticancer drugs.
(Carboplatin, NCI Dictionary)
He had never been struck by a club in his life, and did not understand.
(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)
I never knew you to be afraid, very much, of anything.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)