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Перевод: fond speek fond


[прилагательное]
любящий; нежный; излишне доверчивый; излишне оптимистичный


Тезаурус:

  1. Dorothy Heathcote is very fond of employing this structure.
  2. Philip Leapor informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way, as soon as she was capable of it; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably, which, as he remembers, was at about ten or eleven Years old, She would often be scribbling, and sometimes in Rhyme; which her Mother was at first pleas'd with: But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up, when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment, she endeavour'd to break her of it; and that he likewise, having no Taste for Poetry, and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her, join'd in the same Design: But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination, he had of late desisted, and left her more at Liberty
  3. Of these he lists the following: lying to escape punishment; eating too many apples and pears; stealing fruit from orchards; playing too much; gambling; being over fond of reading romances and old fables; imitating other boys in their foolish talking and behaviour; being over fond of his teacher's praises; and being cheeky and disrespectful towards his parents.
  4. "Life is a peculiar venture," he was fond of saying.
  5. Adrian seemed very fond of his grandmother, and spoke of her kindly as he drove from lough to lough, through enchanted countryside.
  6. But he was certainly guilty, thought Henry, of liking Elinor and, as he came into the hall, nodding his big head as Elinor fussed round him, Henry wondered whether his wife might not be, au fond , quite a pleasant woman.
  7. Tottenham police are fond of saying publicly that they want to "build bridges" with the community here.
  8. Over several weekends I humped big loads, all over 40 pounds, and actually became very fond of this pack.
  9. Horses are usually pretty easy going creatures who grow fond of people and attention: why then should some be anxious?
  10. She instinctively knew what he was going through, drawing from the experience of her own troubled past; and he found himself growing increasingly fond of her.
  11. After an unorthodox early career - involving various forms of school work, including (so he was fond of saying) running a pub - he became in 1940 Chief Education Officer for Hertfordshire, where he remained for seventeen fruitful years.
  12. "Well, I'm not fond of you," she drawled.
  13. They are also fond of pushing the idea that the more pockets there are, the more covetable the garment.

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