QUEST

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quest I. substantiv

1. căutare, urmărire;

in quest of în căutarea (cu gen.);

to go in quest of a merge în căutarea (cu gen.);

to go out upon the quest of a porni / a ieşi în căutarea (cu gen.).

2. obiect căutat.

3. plecare a unui cavaler în căutare de aventuri (în romanele cavalereşti).

4. (înv.) anchetă, cercetare.

quest II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (despre câini) a lua urma, a fi pe urma vânatului, a căuta vânatul; (despre animale) a căuta hrană, a umbla în căutare de hrană.

2. (after, for) (despre persoane) a porni în căutare (de), a căuta (cu ac.).

3. a strânge pomenile (în biserica catolică).

quest II. verb B. tranzitiv

a căuta (ceva).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

All the lockfast places had been broken open in quest of the chart.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Surely it is here to the north that our quest must lie.

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

This was evidently Wolf Larsen’s quest—to find the men who appeared to be asleep and who were not asleep or who had not been asleep very recently.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

If you are against me, I ought to distrust myself, and yet—But it is absolutely impossible to let Tom go on in this way, riding about the country in quest of anybody who can be persuaded to act—no matter whom: the look of a gentleman is to be enough.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

How long he was gone on this quest he did not know, but after what seemed an enormous lapse of time, he was called back to himself by a knock at the door, and by Maria's asking if he was sick.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Our quest is practically finished.

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

For two hours, with most intense concentration, Holmes examined every object in turn, but his face showed that his quest was not a successful one.

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

Well, Watson, we are, I fancy, nearing the end of our quest, and the only point which remains to be determined is whether we should go on to this Mrs. Oakshott to-night, or whether we should reserve it for to-morrow.

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

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