SOUL

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soul substantiv

suflet;

to throw oneself body / heart and soul into smth., to throw one’s whole soul into smth. a pune tot sufletul în înfăptuirea unui lucru, a lucra din toată inima / a-şi închina toate forţele înfăptuirii unui lucru;

with all my soul din toată inima mea, din tot sufletul meu;

I cannot for the soul of me, I couldn’t to save my soul n-aş face-o pentru nimic în lume;

upon my soul! pe viaţa mea!;

(fam.) to have a soul for music a avea un simţ muzical înnăscut;

he has a soul above money e mai presus de preocupări materiale;

to have no soul a fi lipsit de suflet, a nu avea suflet, a fi nemilos / neîndurător, a fi meschin / josnic;

discipline is the soul of the army disciplina e sufletul armatei;

to prey for smb.’s soul a se ruga pentru sufletul / pentru liniştea / odihna sufletului cuiva;

God rest his soul! dumnezeu să-l odihnească, dumnezeu să-l ierte, fie-i ţărâna uşoară!;

population of a thousand souls populaţie de o mie de suflete, populaţie numărând o mie de suflete;

without meeting a living soul fără a întâlni nici ţipenie de om / nici urmă de om; (fam.) fără a întâlni nici picior de om;

not a soul nimeni, nici unul, nici un om;

he’s a good soul e un suflet bun / blând (fam.) e plămădit dintr-un aluat bun;

be a good soul and say nothing about it fii atât de drăguţ / de amabil şi nu (mai) pomeni nimic despre aceasta;

he is a cheery soul găseşte întotdeauna câte ceva de râs; e întotdeauna bine dispus;

(the) poor soul! bietul de el! săracul! săraca!

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

You are sure, then, Helen, that there is such a place as heaven, and that our souls can get to it when we die?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

“Why, bless my life and soul!” said Mr. Omer, “how do you find yourself? Take a seat.—Smoke not disagreeable, I hope?”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

I took them before we knew that all was yours, so that no strange hand might touch them—no strange eye look through words into her soul.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

You are a practical soul, and if something cannot be changed, you found a way to deal with it.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

“Not a soul,” groaned Hall Pycroft.

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

Brain, character, soul—only as one sees more of life does one understand how distinct is each.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With all my soul I wish them happy, and rejoice over every circumstance in favour of it.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

They say that he hath the strength of six; and, certes, he hath the crimes of six upon his soul.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I wish with all my soul," cried Sir John, "that Willoughby were among us again."

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

She is herself the very soul of delicacy.

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

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