INDULGE

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indulge verb A. tranzitiv

1. a răsfăţa; a face pe plac (cuiva); a face pofta cuiva; a suporta, a răbda, a tolera, a înghiţi; a încuraja;

to indulge children a răsfăţa copiii;

to indulge smb.'s fancies a răbda capriciile cuiva, a înghiţi toanele cuiva;

you can't indulge every creature nu poţi face pe placul tuturora.

2. a nutri; a făuri; a se consola cu;

to indulge a vain hope a nutri o speranţă deşartă, a se consola cu speranţa.

3. (com.) a păsui.

4. (bis.) a acorda (cuiva) o indulgenţă.

5. to indulge in / with a îngădui să, a permite să; a răbda, a tolera;

to indulge smb. in / with smth. a îngădui cuiva să facă ceva.

indulge verb B. reflexiv

1. a nu-şi refuza nimic:

2. to indulge oneself in / with a se complace în.

indulge verb C. intranzitiv

1. (fam.) a trage la măsea, a bea;

will you indulge? bei ceva? bei un păhărel?

2. to indulge in a-şi permite să; a se deda la; a se pasiona după;

to indulge in extravagance a se deda la acte de extravaganţă;

to indulge in a nap a-şi îngădui plăcerea de a trage un pui de somn;

to indulge too freely in smth. a face abuz de ceva;

to indulge in sin a se deda păcatului.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I do not look upon myself as either prosperous or indulged.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Much less could he indulge in tender remonstrations in the open street, though he was near it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

With me, said I, it is fully as much a matter of feeling as of conscience: I must indulge my feelings; I so seldom have had an opportunity of doing so.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It was a fine morning, and early, and I thought I would go and take a stroll down one of those wire-arched walks, and indulge my passion by dwelling on her image.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

She felt that his influence over her mind was heightened by circumstances which ought not in reason to have weight; by that person of uncommon attraction, that open, affectionate, and lively manner which it was no merit to possess; and by that still ardent love for Marianne, which it was not even innocent to indulge.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Edmund was at the Parsonage every day, to be indulged with his favourite instrument: one morning secured an invitation for the next; for the lady could not be unwilling to have a listener, and every thing was soon in a fair train.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

It was a subject, however, in which she often indulged with her fair friend, from whom she received every possible encouragement to continue to think of him; and his impression on her fancy was not suffered therefore to weaken.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

These were pleasant feelings, and she walked about and indulged them till it was necessary to do as the others did, and collect round the strawberry-beds.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I have a notion, said Lucy, you think the little Middletons rather too much indulged; perhaps they may be the outside of enough; but it is so natural in Lady Middleton; and for my part, I love to see children full of life and spirits; I cannot bear them if they are tame and quiet.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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