AWE

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Traducere în limba română

awe I. substantiv

teamă respectuoasă, respect temător, teamă, sfială, veneraţie, smerenie;

to stand in awe of a avea frică / teamă respectuoasă de;

to strike with awe a inspira frică sau veneraţie.

awe II. verb tranzitiv

a inspira frică sau veneraţie; a face să se smerească.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

It is a little document to do so much; and Traddles contemplates it, as it lies upon my desk, half in admiration, half in awe.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"And the men will sit there and never talk," he said, wonder and awe growing in his face.

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

"By God!" he said aloud, in a voice of awe and wonder.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

He had held me in awe, because he had held me in doubt.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Her awe of her uncle, and her dread of taking a liberty with him, made it instantly plain to her what she had to do.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

A great awe descended upon him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

But the morrow passed off much better than she expected; for Mrs. Bennet luckily stood in such awe of her intended son-in-law that she ventured not to speak to him, unless it was in her power to offer him any attention, or mark her deference for his opinion.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The character of Mrs. Churchill, the grief of her husband—her mind glanced over them both with awe and compassion—and then rested with lightened feelings on how Frank might be affected by the event, how benefited, how freed.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Catherine, as she crossed the hall, listened to the tempest with sensations of awe; and, when she heard it rage round a corner of the ancient building and close with sudden fury a distant door, felt for the first time that she was really in an abbey.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

I have reason to remember this, and think of it with awe; for before I looked upon those two again, a stormy sea had risen to their feet.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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