...Hastily arranging her necessities, her wishes, her fears, and her desires, she thus began to address the dear friend she alike dreaded, despised, and persevered in attaching to herself and her measures:— "Bring any one you deem a desirableparti, of course, but allow me to observe, dear Lady Penrhyn, that——" "Yes! I see, that they must be reallycrême a la crême....
We met some time ago a man that would just do for you, if you were not already engaged to Jonathan. He is an excellentparti, being handsome, well off, and of good birth.
A prospective spouse perceived as an economical or social boon rather than a person; aparti
Han ansås som det bedsteparti på øen.
He was seen as the bestparti on the island.
2007, Rushy Rashid,Et løft af sløret, Art People,→ISBN:
Vennen havde en nevø, som skulle være et godtparti - og som ville acceptere, at jeg havde været gift tidligere.
The friend had a nephew, who was allegedly a goodparti - and who would accept that I had been married before.
2016, John Nehm,Dagen og vejen, Lindhardt og Ringhof,→ISBN:
Han var et godtparti. Et godtparti! Hun sukkede. Herman havde giftet sig med Lydia fordi han troede, at han elskede hende.
He was a goodparti. A goodparti! She sighed. Herman had married Lydia because he thought he loved her.
2010, Michael Bregnsbo,Til venstre hånd: danske kongers elskerinder, Gyldendal A/S,→ISBN, page76:
At hun kunne gøre et så godtparti, tyder på, at adelen modsat kongen ikke var så forarget over hendes affære med prins Christian, selv om man selvfølgelig heller ikke bør se bort fra, at hun med sit særdeles omfattende jordegods nu en gang var et godtparti.
That she could get so good ahusband would indicate that the nobility, as opposed to the king, was not so offended by her affair with prince Christian, although, naturally, one must keep in mind that, with her quite expansive properties of land, she was after all a goodparti.
Enfin, tandis que les deux rois faisaient chanter des Te Deum chacun dans son camp, il prit leparti d’aller raisonner ailleurs des effets et des causes.
Finally, while the two kings had the Te Deum sung each in their own camp, he took the course of action to go think elsewhere about effects and causes.
(waterside, of/on the coast/bank/shore):parti in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
(party):parti in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “parti”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
