SINGLE

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single I. adjectiv

1. singur, unit; singuratic, solitar; izolat, individual; separat;

by instalments or in a single sum în rate sau dintr-o dată;

in single file într-un singur şir, în şir / fir indian.

2. celibatar, necăsătorit.

3. (despre inimă, suflet) sincer, cinstit.

single II. substantiv

1. partidă de simplu (la tenis, golf etc.) la care participă doi adversari;

men’s singles simplu bărbaţi;

women’s singles simplu femei.

2. (ferov.) bilet pentru o (singură) călătorie.

single III. verb tranzitiv

1. a alege, a distinge, a tria.

2. (cinegetică) a separa (un cerb etc.) de turmă; a despărţi (un vânat) de haită.

3. a lua (un lucru, o persoană) la o parte, a trage deoparte.

4. (agr.) a rări (porumbul, napii etc.).

5. to single out a alege, a selecta; a remarca, a scoate în evidenţă;

(mar.) to single up ropes a despleti parâmele.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

A single flash—that is A, surely.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Stay with me single Cancers, and I address you at the end of your report, above the Summary.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

But if animals, or some single terrible animal, then what had become of my comrades?

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, in the single word I have already got the two E’s coming second and fourth in a word of five letters.

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

Their love of society, and their new dining-room, prepared every body for their keeping dinner-company; and a few parties, chiefly among the single men, had already taken place.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

"Oh, oh!" cried Mrs. Jennings; "very pretty, indeed! and the Doctor is a single man, I warrant you."

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

The whole party were in hopes of a letter from Mr. Bennet the next morning, but the post came in without bringing a single line from him.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

“I looked for single motives in everyone,” said Mr. Wickfield, “and I was satisfied I had bound him to me by motives of interest. But see what he is—oh, see what he is!”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Then with one mighty effort, he called up all his strength for a single minute.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This, with the single block and the throat-halyards themselves, gave me a hoisting tackle.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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