SERVE

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serve I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a fi servitor la; a fi servitorul / sluga (cu gen.);

(prov.) you can’t serve two masters nu poţi sluji la doi stăpâni.

2. (fig.) a sluji, a servi (cu ac. sau dat.); a fi de folos (cuiva);

it my memory serves me right dacă nu mă înşeală memoria;

to serve one’s country a-şi sluji ţara/ patria; a-şi face datoria faţă de ţară / patrie;

I’d be very glad to serve you aş fi foarte bucuros să te servesc / să te pot servi.

3. (fig.) a sluji (cu ac. sau dat.), a asculta de; a da ascultare (cuiva); a fi în slujba (cuiva).

4. a servi (clienţi); a aproviziona.

5. a-şi face (ucenicia etc.);

to serve one’s time a) a funcţiona, a sluji, a fi în funcţiune; b) a-şi ispăşi pedeapsa / condamnarea.

6. a deservi (o circumscripţie etc.).

7. a funcţiona la, a avea serviciu la; a fi angajat la.

8. a servi (masa etc.); a da, a oferi; a da să mănânce.

9. (fig.) a servi (unui scop etc.); a satisface.

10. (fig.) a se purta / a se comporta cu; a trata (cu severitate etc.).

11. (sport) a servi (mingea).

12. (fam.) a face; a juca;

to serve smb. a trick a juca o festă cuiva.

13. (mar.) a înfăşura (o parâmă).

14. (jur.) a cita; a trimite o citaţie (cuiva).

15. it serves you right! aşa-ţi trebuie!

serve I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a fi servitor / slujitor / slugă, a fi angajat ca servitor.

2. (despre cineva) a funcţiona, a sluji, a fi în funcţiune.

3. (despre ceva) a servi, a sluji, a fi de folos, a se folosi, a se utiliza, a ajuta, a fi de ajutor.

4. a servi (la masă).

5. a fi potrivit / nimerit; (despre vreme etc.) a fi favorabil;

the weather hardly served for a stroll nu prea era vreme (bună) de plimbat.

6. (sport) a servi.

7. (bis.) a sluji.

serve II. substantiv

(sport) servire; serviciu.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

They would serve as roof-beams; but with what was I to cover them?

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Mars will be in your home sector, and Uranus will be in your career sector, so there will be pressure to serve on both fronts.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

Well, it is certainly singular that he should run the risk of taking originals if he could safely have taken copies, which would have equally served his turn.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It is my honour, sir, to serve Sir Charles Tregellis, and I desire no other master,” he answered.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It served me right, this time.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Beauty is the only master to serve.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I love the fair Lady Maude, and would give the last drop of my heart's blood to serve her.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A flat, tendon-like membrane that serves to bind muscles or to attach muscles to bones.

(Aponeurosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Any one may serve: I have served here eight years; now all I want is to serve elsewhere.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

A mycobacterial cell wall material and serves as an immunoadjuvant that induces both cell-mediated and humoral immunity.

(BCG, Cell Wall Skeleton, NCI Thesaurus)

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