TURNING BACK

Traducere în limba română

turning back substantiv

întoarcere, înapoiere, revenire.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Again I fled to the boat, hotly pursued; but this time Maud made no suggestion of turning back.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

For someone with Alzheimer's disease, there's no turning back the clock.

(Predicting Alzheimer's-like memory loss before it strikes, National Science Foundation)

“You’ll keep your hat on your head like an honest, God-fearing man, John,” said his wife, turning back into the house.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Now, mind!” she exclaimed, turning back on her way to the door, and looking shrewdly at me, with her forefinger up again.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And, Fanny (turning back again for a moment), I shall make no mention below of what has passed; I shall not even tell your aunt Bertram.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

She tried to dissuade Mary from going, but in vain; and that being the case, thought it best to accept the Miss Musgroves' much more cordial invitation to herself to go likewise, as she might be useful in turning back with her sister, and lessening the interference in any plan of their own.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

All were struck with the stranger's air, all wondered who he could be; and Kitty and Lydia, determined if possible to find out, led the way across the street, under pretense of wanting something in an opposite shop, and fortunately had just gained the pavement when the two gentlemen, turning back, had reached the same spot.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

“Then to what end?” he demanded abruptly, turning back to me.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

She met Miss Crawford within a few yards of the Parsonage, just setting out to call on her, and as it seemed to her that her friend, though obliged to insist on turning back, was unwilling to lose her walk, she explained her business at once, and observed, that if she would be so kind as to give her opinion, it might be all talked over as well without doors as within.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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