SLAVE

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slave I. substantiv

rob, sclav (şi fig.); şerb;

the slave of fashion sclavul modei;

to be a slave to duty a fi sclavul / robul datoriei;

a white slave prostituată racolată cu forţa, sclavă albă, victimă a traficanţilor de prostituate.

slave II. verb A. intranzitiv

a munci ca un rob.

slave II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a subjuga, a aduce în stare de sclavie.

2. a trata ca pe un sclav, a pune (pe cineva) la munci grele şi servile.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Poor, stupid slaves, he thought, while his sister talked.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

From half-past five in the morning till ten o’clock at night I am everybody’s slave, with not one moment to myself, except such as I can steal near the end of the second dog-watch.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Think of that, you villain, you villain!—now, now, at this very moment, Alexis, a man whose name you are not worthy to speak, works and lives like a slave, and yet I have your life in my hands, and I let you go.

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

Yes; slaving amongst strangers!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

"I shall always be your slave," he smiled.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

They went in together to the castle, where Dorothy's first act was to call all the Winkies together and tell them that they were no longer slaves.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

I do nothing, can do nothing, because I am a slave to this monster, as you are now a slave to him; because I desire to live, as you will desire to live; because I cannot fight and overcome him, just as you will not be able to fight and overcome him.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Slave an' sweat!

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

So the Wicked Witch laughed to herself, and thought, "I can still make her my slave, for she does not know how to use her power."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

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