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Meaning of feri | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. to guard from, fend
    reflexive, transitive
  2. to duck, dodge, avoid
    rare, transitive
  3. to recoil, shirk
    reflexive
  4. to be on one's guard, be wary
  5. to observe, keep
    obsolete
  6. to respect or keep (a holiday), celebrate
    archaic, regional

Equivalents

English Guard

Examples

“Aceștia trebuie să fie cu fața în sus, cu urechi păroase pe frunte, cu gura mare, astfel ca măselele căscate să verse foc mișcându-se, cu pântecele strânse îngust la vintre, cu coada scurtă, cu șale lungi, cu coama măruntă pe grumaz, nu prea stufoasă, dar îndestulă, ca să-i ferească de frig, iar sub umerii lor sănătoși să se-nalțe un piept care să ducă la alergătură multă și să nu se obosească de cele mai mari goane.”

These must have an upturned face, shaggy ears on the forehead, a big mouth so that the open teeth can blow fire while moving, an abdomen drawn narrow by the belly, a short tail, with long hips, a fine mane on the nape, not too thick, but sufficient, to guard then from the cold, and under their healthy shoulders must be a breast tolerant of much running and not growing tired of the longest strides.

“Dar șireata vulpe știe cum să se ferească de mânia ursului.”

But the sly fox knows how to guard from the wrath of the bear.

“O voce se aude strigând somnoroasă: ferește linia, ferește linia.”

A sleepy voice is heard shouting: avoid the line, avoid the line.

“16th century, Schei Psalter 18:21”

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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