WHY

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Traducere în limba română

why I. adverb A. interog.

de ce? pentru ce?

why so? cum aşa?

why didn't you comply with his request? de ce nu i-ai satisfăcut rugămintea?

why I. adverb B. relativ

de ce, pentru care;

I do ' know (the reason) why he didn't come nu ştiu de ce / motivul pentru care nu a venit.

why II. substantiv

cauză, motiv, pricină, temei.

◊ the great whys of life marile probleme ale vieţii.

why III. intej.

păi (atunci); aoleu; asta-i bună.

Why are you come here, Jane?

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Why, whatever is the matter with Mr. Holmes?

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why do you look at me like that, Jack?

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

But why can't you love me, Gladys? Is it my appearance, or what?

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I'd heard about such things an' read about such things in some of the books, an' when I looked around at your house, why, the books come true.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Why, these flowers are only common garlic.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

What I say is, why should a brother's happiness be dearer to me than a friend's?

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

I am more curious to know why he should be so different now.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

And yet, what could have happened? And why could he not write?

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

Why should he not hate them?

(White Fang, de Jack London)