WANT

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want I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a vrea, a dori; a râvni; a pofti;

I want to sleep vreau să dorm;

what do you want? ce vrei / doreşti / pofteşti?;

I want you to go there vreau să te duci acolo;

I want it done vreau ca lucrul acesta să fie făcut / îndeplinit;

wanted, a typist se caută (o) dactilografă;

he is wanted a) e căutat (de poliţie etc.); b) e aşteptat, trebuie să i se vorbească; c) a-i lipsi, a nu avea (îndeajuns), a fi lipsit de.

2. a avea nevoie de, a cere, a reclama, a necesita; a trebui;

the bicycle wants a repair bicicleta are nevoie de reparaţii;

you don't want to be rude nu trebuie să fii nepoliticos;

he wants judgment nu are destulă putere de judecată; îi lipseşte judecata;

it wants five minutes to nine mai sunt cinci minute până la nouă, e nouă fără cinci minute;

he wants one year for his majority mai are un an până la majorat.

want I. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a duce lipsă, a fi lipsit de mijloace.

2. to want for/ (rar) of a-i lipsi, a duce lipsă de;

he is wanting in courage îi lipseşte curajul.

3. to be found wanting a fi găsit în vină; a nu fi un om de nădejde.

4. (înv.) a lipsi; a nu se afla, a nu exista.

want II. substantiv

1. lipsă; nevoie; necesitate;

want of money lipsă de bani;

from / for want of din lipsă de;

in want of care are nevoie de.

2. plural nevoi, necesităţi;

a man of few wants un om cu puţine pretenţii.

3. nevoie, strâmtoare, strâmtorare, ananghie.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"What we want to know is what are you going to do?"

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

“Oh, I’m in such trouble!” she cried; “I do so want a little help.”

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

The life that is in you is alive and wants to go on being alive for ever.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

There’s the whole case, and now I want your advice as to what I ought to do.

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

I had never heard the name before and could not imagine what he wanted with me; but, of course, I asked her to show him up.

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

He was bewildered, and yet he wanted to know.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

She wants to take him up to the seat on the churchyard cliff and show him the beauty of Whitby.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

No, I don't want your company.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I always wanted to do the killing part.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Any one may serve: I have served here eight years; now all I want is to serve elsewhere.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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