ANY

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any I. adjectiv

1. (în prop. interog., în loc de some) vreun, vreo, ceva, câţiva, câteva, nişte, unii, unele;

can you find any excuse? poţi găsi vreo scuză?;

have you any money? ai (ceva) bani?

2. (în prop. neg.) nici un; nici o;

I don’t notice any progress nu observ nici un progres.

3. (în prop. afirm.) orice, oricare;

you can get it in any shop se găseşte (de cumpărat) în orice prăvălie;

in any case, at any rate în orice caz;

at any time în orice moment; din clipă în clipă;

in any place peste tot, pretutindeni, în tot locul.

any II. pronume

1. (în prop. interog., în loc de some) vreunul, vreuna, ceva, câţiva, câteva, unii, unele;

can you let me have any of these books? îmi poţi da vreuna din aceste cărţi?

2. (în prop. neg.) nici unul; nici una;

I wanted a taxi, but there weren’t any am vrut să iau un taxi, dar nu era nici unul.

any III. adverb

1. (în prop. interog.) ceva, întrucâtva, cât de cât;

can you see any better from there? vezi (ceva) mai bine de acolo?

(amer.) wasn’t he hurt any? nu s-a lovit de loc?

2. (în prop. neg.) cu nimic, întru nimic;

they are not any the worse for it nu au avut (întru) nimic de suferit (din asta).

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Besides, there had not been any news value in his article, and most likely the editor would write to him about it first.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“Have there been any fresh developments?” asked Holmes.

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

I am afraid I shall never have any brains, after all!

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

Heaven forbid! said the ass, come with us Master Chanticleer; it will be better, at any rate, than staying here to have your head cut off!

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

I love March 11—indeed, this is one of the finest days of March for almost any purpose.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

“But you, who make a mock of human life, don’t you place any value upon it whatever?” I demanded.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But whatever you do, don't do anything rash. Don't get excited— "I don't get excited any more," he interrupted. "Not since you went away."

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

In any case I could not mistake the hands which I had had so many opportunities of studying.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Without any open scandal, he still made India too hot to hold him.

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

There was never any mystery in the matter, though, as I said yesterday, some of the details are of interest.

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

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