REGRET

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Traducere în limba română

regret I. substantiv

părere de rău, regret, căinţă;

to feel / to have regret for a-i părea rău de / pentru, a regreta, a avea / a încerca un (sentiment de) regret pentru;

he felt a deep regret for the loss of his brother a regretat profund moartea fratelui său;

he had regret at being refused his request a regretat că i-a fost refuzată cererea;

to have no regrets a nu avea nici o părere de rău;

I expressed to them my regret that le-am exprimat regretul meu că;

to hear with regret that a afla cu părere de rău că;

vain regrets regrete vane / deşarte;

much to my regret spre marea mea părere de rău.

regret II. verb tranzitiv

a regreta (ceva, pe cineva);

to regret doing / having done smth., to regret to have done smth. a-i părea rău că a făcut ceva;

I regret having deceived I regret to have to say it him îmi pare rău că i-am amăgit;

I regret to have to leave you îmi pare rău că trebuie să te părăsesc; regret că trebuie s-o spun;

it in to be regretted that e regretabil că;

it ist the more to be regretted as/ since e cu atât mai regretabil cu cât.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Edmund did not wonder that such should be his father's feelings, nor could he regret anything but the exclusion of the Grants.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

As for regret, said Marianne, I have done with that, as far as HE is concerned.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I may say with confidence that he never had occasion to regret his speculation.

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

“No,” said he, smiling, “that is no subject of regret at all. I have no pleasure in seeing my friends, unless I can believe myself fit to be seen.”

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I regret it, but I can bear it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Oh! no, my regret and compassion are all done away by seeing you so full of both.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He was gone; he had disappeared, she felt a moment's regret.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

That you have done so, I regret—for your sake.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Mrs. March looked grave and grieved, and Amy felt that no one would love her till she had asked pardon for the act which she now regretted more than any of them.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She spoke to Henry Tilney on the subject, regretting his brother's evident partiality for Miss Thorpe, and entreating him to make known her prior engagement.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

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