POSSESSION

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Traducere în limba română

possession substantiv

1. posesie, stăpânire;

to be in (the) possession of a thing a fi în posesia / în stăpânirea unui lucru, a stăpâni un lucru;

in my possession în posesia / stăpânirea mea;

to take possession of a intra în posesia (cu gen.), a pune stăpânire pe.

2. plural avere, bogăţie.

3. (rar) posedare, stăpânire (de către demoni).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He was certain his possessions were real and vast: he made inquiries.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“They have come into my possession. I will take care of them, under the authority I mentioned.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

There is a list here of his possessions.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Gradually my mind came back again, my pulses quieted down to a more natural time, and I was once more in possession of myself.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Transfer possession of something to some person or group.

(Give, NCI Thesaurus)

His countenance, voice, and manner had established him at once in the possession of every virtue.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Used to describe the possession, relationships, or the state of something or someone.

(Have, NCI Thesaurus)

Even now I was in considerable difficulty, but a happy thought put me in possession of several other letters.

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

In fact, he never regarded the members of the family in any other light than possessions of the love-master.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The evident anxiety of the man, the appearance of his attendant, and the joint care with which they defended their concealed possession, excited the interest of the two young Englishmen who walked within hand-touch of them.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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