TOO

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too adverb

1. prea;

too difficult a task o sarcină prea grea;

too much money prea mulţi bani;

too many mistakes prea multe greşeli;

to work too much a munci prea mult;

to work too little a munci prea puţin;

I have a card too many am o carte de joc în plus;

he was one too many era de prisos;

he is too much for me, (fam.) he is one too many for me e prea puternic pentru mine; e mai isteţ decât mine; nu sunt de talia lui;

altogether too, quite too peste măsură de, excesiv de;

too far off prea departe;

far too much, too much by far cu mult prea mult;

too much of a good thing ce-i mult nu-i bun;

it's too good to last e prea frumos ca să dureze (mult);

too good to be true prea e frumos ca să fie adevărat;

it's none too pleasant nu e de loc plăcut, e cu totul neplăcut;

too big for one's boots / shoes / breeches / trousers înfumurat, îngâmfat, plin de sine;

(fam.) too good by half grozav de bun;

(fam.) too elever by half deştept foc!

too far north; prea la nord;

(expresie shakespeariană) too late a week cu mult prea târziu;

too many cooks spoil the broth copilul cu multe moaşe rămâne cu buricul netăiat; (fam.) nespus de, din cale afară de, extrem de;

it's too too charming e nespus de frumos, e de-a dreptul încântător.

2. şi, de asemenea; de altminteri; de altfel;

and I too şi eu;

were you there too? erai şi tu acolo?;

he is a fool and a great one too e un idiot, şi încă unul mare de tot;

the man, too, inspired little confidence omul, de altfel, inspira (prea) puţină încredere.

3. foarte;

it's too bad that you couldn't come ce păcat că n-ai putut veni;

I am only too glad sunt foarte bucuros, sunt cât se poate de bucuros.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I'll go with you now, if it is not too late.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I should have gone to the City that day, but I was too disturbed in my mind to be able to pay attention to business matters.

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

Surely you have gone too far?

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

A child's bladder might be too small.

(Bedwetting, NIH)

But whether Catherine might still expect her friends, whether there had not been too much rain for Miss Tilney to venture, must yet be a question.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

You knew too much of the fate of Victor Savage, so I have sent you to share it.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She has a great deal too much of the Elliot pride.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Kill me too, if you can.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

He was too far gone for that.

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

“You are too much of a man for ship discipline, if that is what you mean, and if you know what I mean,” was Wolf Larsen’s retort.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

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