SMILE

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Traducere în limba română

smile I. substantiv

1. surâs, zâmbet;

with a smile on the lips cu surâsul pe buze;

he gave a faint smile surâdea uşor;

scornful smile surâs dispreţuitor;

dry smile zâmbet sarcastic;

a face wreathed in smiles o faţă zâmbitoare / surâzătoare / veselă.

2. (fig.) faţă surâzătoare / veselă, înfăţişare veselă / plăcută;

she was all smiles and graces era toată numai zâmbet şi graţie.

3. (fig. şi pl.) favoare;

smile of fortune favoarea soartei / destinului.

4. (amer. sl.) băutură, cinste.

smile II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a surâde, a zâmbi;

to smile at / on smb. a zâmbi, a surâde cuiva;

to smile in one’s sleep a zâmbi în / prin somn;

(fig.) to keep smiling! a-şi păstra surâsul, a continua să zâmbească;

keep smiling! nu te pierde cu firea! curaj!

2. a surâde / a zâmbi cu dispreţ / cu compătimire;

to smile at smb.’s vain endeavours a zâmbi (cu dispreţ) / a râde de eforturile zadarnice ale cuiva.

3. a arăta vesel / fericit;

to have a smiling aspect a avea o înfăţişare veselă, surâzătoare.

4. a fi favorabil / binevoitor;

may fortune smile upon you! să-ţi fie destinul favorabil / binevoitor!

smile II. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a primi (pe cineva) cu un surâs/ zâmbet / cu zâmbete.

2. a exprima prin surâs / prin zâmbet (aplauze, aprobare);

to smile a welcome to smb. a primi pe cineva cu un surâs / surâzând / zâmbind.

3. to smile a bitter smile a surâde amar / cu amărăciune.

4. to smile away, to smile off a îndepărta printr-un surâs (teama, grija cuiva).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

“Papa couldn't spare me to go anywhere else,” she answered, smiling and shaking her head.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Therefore for his sake you must eat and smile.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

“Ah,” I smiled, “you advise me to kill neither him nor myself, but to let him kill me.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"Sorry to hear you say so," Messner smiled back.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Before Mrs. March could reply, Mr. Laurence went on with an odd little nod and smile...

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Anne half smiled and said, "Do you see that in my eye?"

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

“Government,” said Henry, endeavouring not to smile, “neither desires nor dares to interfere in such matters. There must be murder; and government cares not how much.”

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Wait a bit, though! he added, with a sudden smile upon his face.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And where is it?” I asked, smiling.

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

My friend smiled and shook his head.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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