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22:37 Mar 12, 2014 |
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| Selected response from: Claudia Coja Local time: 16:16 | ||||||
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to be) of means mijloace proprii (independente) de subzistenta Explanation: "income that you have from investments, etc. rather than from a job". I would add here inheritance, trust funds as well. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/independe... |
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(to be) of means (a fi) prosper/înstărit/cu posibilități financiare Explanation: Adjective of means (not comparable) (of a person) Possessing significant wealth, especially as suggesting social standing. Synonyms affluent, prosperous, wealthy, well off, well-to-do http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/of_means http://hallo.ro/search.do?d=en&l=ro&type=both&query=affluent http://hallo.ro/search.do?d=en&l=ro&type=both&query=wealthy means. a. available resources, especially money: They lived beyond their means. b. considerable financial resources; riches: a man of means. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/means |
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