PRIVILEGE

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Traducere în limba română

privilege I. substantiv

privilegiu, avantaj, drept în plus; imunitate; autorizaţie, patent;

privilege of Parliament imunitate parlamentară;

bill of privilege lege a imunităţii;

breach of privilege încălcare / violare a imunităţii parlamentare;

writ of privilege somaţie de eliberare pe cauţiune morală;

to listen to him was a privilege era o plăcere să-l asculţi.

privilege II. verb tranzitiv

1. a privilegia.

2. (jur.) a asigura, a garanta.

3. a aproba, a încuviinţa;

to privilege smb. to do smth. a îngădui cuiva să facă ceva.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

It's quite a privilege to attend on her.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Real, long-standing regard brought the Westons and Mr. Knightley; and by Mr. Elton, a young man living alone without liking it, the privilege of exchanging any vacant evening of his own blank solitude for the elegancies and society of Mr. Woodhouse's drawing-room, and the smiles of his lovely daughter, was in no danger of being thrown away.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Emma, my love, said Mr. Micawber, clearing his throat in his magnificent way, my friend Mr. Thomas Traddles is so obliging as to solicit, in my ear, that he should have the privilege of ordering the ingredients necessary to the composition of a moderate portion of that Beverage which is peculiarly associated, in our minds, with the Roast Beef of Old England.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Tea over and the tray removed, she again summoned us to the fire; we sat one on each side of her, and now a conversation followed between her and Helen, which it was indeed a privilege to be admitted to hear.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Here Anne spoke—The navy, I think, who have done so much for us, have at least an equal claim with any other set of men, for all the comforts and all the privileges which any home can give.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

He had proudly resumed his privilege, in many of his spare hours, of walking up and down the garden with the Doctor; as he had been accustomed to pace up and down The Doctor's Walk at Canterbury.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

She had ventured once alone to Randalls, but it was not pleasant; and a Harriet Smith, therefore, one whom she could summon at any time to a walk, would be a valuable addition to her privileges.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I will undertake that if you will satisfy even me—a stranger, without prejudice, and with the habit of keeping an open mind—Dr. Seward will give you, at his own risk and on his own responsibility, the privilege you seek.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

A quarter of an hour passed before lessons again began, during which the schoolroom was in a glorious tumult; for that space of time it seemed to be permitted to talk loud and more freely, and they used their privilege.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

He looked around, as if to see that no one were near, and then said, Emma, I must once more speak to you as I have been used to do: a privilege rather endured than allowed, perhaps, but I must still use it.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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