PITY

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pity I. substantiv

milă, compătimire; îndurare;

for pity’s sake te implor! fie-ţi! îndură-te!;

it is a pity (for) ce păcat (de);

it s a thousand pities e tare păcat;

more's the pity cu atât mai rău;

to take / to have pity on a-i fi milă de; a se îndura de;

what a pity!, the pity of it! ce păcat.

pity II. verb tranzitiv

a-i fi milă de, a compătimi; a se îndura de.

Jane, you are mistaken: probably not one in the school either despises or dislikes you: many, I am sure, pity you much.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Pity for him was all over.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Henry Crawford gone, she could even pity her sister.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

I am sure I pity everybody that is.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

If I did not take pity on you and save you, you would be lost.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

“It is a pity,” she returned.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

‘Well, well,’ said he, at last. ‘It seems a pity, but I have done what I could.’

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

I pitied the others, especially Arthur.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Out of pity she forebore, and he went on.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“It's a pity, sir, we lost that second load. That's what I mean,” replied the captain.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)