UNDERSTAND

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understand, past şi part. trec. understood verb A. tranzitiv

1. a înţelege, a pricepe; a pricepe, a sesiza;

to make oneself understood a se face înţeles;

no one could understand that from my words nimeni nu ar putea interpreta astfel cuvintele mele.

2. a subînţelege, a da de înţeles; a presupune;

what do you understand by this? ce vrei să spui cu asta?;

I understood her to mean am înţeles că vrea să spună;

I understand you to say that dacă vă înţeleg bine, vreţi să spuneţi că;

am I to understand that? trebuie să înţeleg că?

3. a auzi, a afla, a fi informat;

I understand that you have a new job după câte ştiu / am înţeles, ai o slujbă nouă.

4. a conveni;

it was understood we were to meet at eight o'clock am convenit să ne întâlnim la ora opt.

5. a şti, a cunoaşte;

I quite understand that expenses were to be paid ştiu prea bine că trebuiau plătite cheltuielile.

6. a se pricepe Ia;

he understands business se pricepe Ia afaceri;

to understand driving a car a şti să şofeze;

to understand horses a se pricepe la cai.

understand, past şi part. trec. understood verb B. intranzitiv

1. a înţelege, a pricepe, a fi înzestrat cu raţiune; a raţiona.

2. to understand about a înţelege (cu ac.), a se pricepe la.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The hurgo (for so they call a great lord, as I afterwards learnt) understood me very well.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

I seem in a vague way almost to understand it.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you are single, you might meet someone who understands you, who shares many of your interests, and who you would like to know better.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

I understood that it did not open.

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

And still he could not understand.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"Can you understand her when she runs on so fast?" asked Mrs. Fairfax.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It is one of the finest old places in England, I understand.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

The Scarecrow told them there were wonderful thoughts in his head; but he would not say what they were because he knew no one could understand them but himself.

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

The father answered: “Your brothers have hurt themselves with it, leave it alone, you do not understand anything about it.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

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