SUPPOSE

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suppose verb A. tranzitiv

1. a presupune, a-şi închipui, a socoti; a bănui;

I suppose so probabil că da, cred că e aşa;

what do you suppose this means? dumneata ce crezi că înseamnă asta?;

suppose we went to the theatre! ce-ar fi să mergem la teatru?;

I may do what I like, I suppose! cred că pot face ceea ce vreau;

to be supposed to do smth. a fi socotit capabil să îndeplinească ceva.

2. a presupune, a implica;

that supposes much pains on his part! asta presupune multă osteneală din partea lui.

3. (pasiv) to be supposed to a se presupune că; a trebui să;

am I supposed to learn the poem by heart? trebuie să învăţ poezia pe de rost?;

they are not supposed to leave earlier nu li se permite să plece mai devreme.

suppose verb B. intranzitiv

a face presupuneri.

After waiting another moment—"You mean Mr Wentworth, I suppose?" said Anne.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

“You have heard of this Flint, I suppose?”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

"Mrs. Fairfax, I suppose?" said I.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I suppose there is no doubt that the mark was there yesterday?

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

Why, you do not suppose a man is overset by a bottle?

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“But I suppose we are. And what of that? I see little of him now.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Which you suppose has biassed me?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

“I suppose that you would know him when you saw him?” asked Holmes.

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

I suppose I know the secret too, now.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

‘I suppose that you could not possibly whistle, yourself, in your sleep?’

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