OWE

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owe¹ verb A. tranzitiv

1. (înv.) a poseda, a stăpâni.

2. a datora, a fi dator.

I owe him five pounds îi datorez cinci lire;

(fig.) to owe smb. a day in harvest a datora multă recunoştinţă cuiva;

to owe smb. a grudge a purta sâmbetele cuiva;

I owe God a death toţi oamenii sunt muritori, de două morţi n-am parte şi de una singură nu scap;

he owes his success to you dumneavoastră vă datorează succesul său.

owe¹ verb B. intranzitiv

1. a avea o obligaţie, a fi obligat (faţă de cineva), a fi îndatorat.

2. to owe to (rar) a trebui să, a fi nevoit să.

owe² (înv.) verb tr.

a recunoaşte, a mărturisi.

Oh, Madam Mina, he said, how can I say what I owe to you?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I confess that I think you owe him some apology.

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

Yes, sir, but now you owe me five.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I owe this fellow no particular good-will.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may be amazed to receive a check at this time from someone who has owed you.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Mrs. Elton, I suppose, has been the person to whom Miss Fairfax owes—Yes, our good Mrs. Elton.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

What do I not owe you!

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Have you forgot, Marianne, how many pleasant days we have owed to them?

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

"I owe a month on it," he told the clerk in the store.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow creatures, who owe me nothing?

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)