WARN

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warn verb tranzitiv

1. (of, from, against) a preveni, a avertiza, a pune în gardă (împotriva, cu gen.).

2. a încunoştinţa.

3. (jur.) a cita.

4. to warn smb. away a concedia pe cineva (din serviciu);

to warn smb. off a invita pe cineva să părăsească (ceva);

to warn out a concedia;

to warn to bed a porunci să meargă la culcare.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He held up a warning hand as he spoke, for we all could hear a key softly inserted in the lock of the hall door.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

He gave no warning, with no snarl anticipated his own action.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“On warning you,” said Agnes, with a steady glance, “against your bad Angel.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Jane, I shall watch you closely and anxiously—I warn you of that.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I shall not be able to keep you—and so I warn you.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

An instant later he pulled me back into the blackest corner of the room, and I felt his warning hand upon my lips.

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

If I hadn't took to you like pitch, do you think I'd have been here a-warning of you?

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Keeping that warning carefully in mind, Margaret got safely down stairs and sailed into the drawing rooms where the Moffats and a few early guests were assembled.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

“'Ware the ale!” he said in a hoarse whisper, shaking a warning finger at the company.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She had little hope of success; but Elizabeth, who in the event of such a reverse would be so much more to be pitied than herself, should never, she thought, have reason to reproach her for giving no warning.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

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