CONTRACTED

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contracted adjectiv

1. contractat, strâns, redus, îngustat, micşorat, diminuat; intrat la spălat, încreţit, pungit, strâns pungă, închircit;

contracted brow frunte încreţită, încruntată.

2. scurtat; abreviat, prescurtat; concis, scurt, lapidar.

3. (gram. lingv.) (despre cuvinte) contras, scurtat, abreviat, redus (de exemplu can't pentru cannot, o'er pentru over);

(gram.) a contracted sentence propoziţie scurtată / eliptică.

4. (fig.) strâmt, îngust, limitat, mărginit; obtuz;

contracted mind minte strâmtă, obtuză, îngustă;

contracted views vederi limitate, ochelari de cal.

5. egoist, iubitor de sine, meschin, josnic; răutăcios, rău, lipsit de gcnerozitate; închis în sine.

6. negociat, contractat, târguit;

contracted peace pace negociată.

7. (înv.) logodit.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The fellow who came for me—I’ve forgotten his name—said that you contracted it down in the East End among the sailors.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A lady whose vision has been so extremely contracted all her life is sure to have the physical characteristics of such vision, which are seen in the forehead, the eyelids, and the shoulders.

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

We must be serious and decided; for after all, the person who has contracted debts must pay them; and though a great deal is due to the feelings of the gentleman, and the head of a house, like your father, there is still more due to the character of an honest man.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

The story of my supposed appetite getting wind among the outside passengers, they were merry upon it likewise; and asked me whether I was going to be paid for, at school, as two brothers or three, and whether I was contracted for, or went upon the regular terms; with other pleasant questions.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It was in the course of them that I contracted this complaint. You can do nothing.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had hoped that in some way I could coax my companion back into the quiet which had been the object of our journey; but one glance at his intense face and contracted eyebrows told me how vain was now the expectation.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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