sake
Cause, interest or accountCause, interest or account.
» Do it for my sake.
Tu es mir zuliebe. — Manfredo
Сделайте это ради меня. — sharptoothed
Зроби це заради мене. — deniko
Зробіть це заради мене. — deniko
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4 sensesCause, interest or account.
For the sake of argument
I hope you're right, for all our sakes!
Sinn, Ziel
причи́наpričína
Purpose or end; reason.
for old times' sake
It's not worth risking your life for the sake of getting there a few minutes earlier.
причи́наpričína, моти́вmotív, цельcelʹ
The benefit or regard of someone or something.
2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b. But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]
Vorteil
бла́гоblágo
користьkorystʹ
Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
Examples
265 sentencesDo it for my sake.
Зроби це заради мене. — deniko
ruСделайте это ради меня. — sharptoothed
deTu es mir zuliebe. — Manfredo
Please don't go out after drinking sake.
For your sake, I hope that doesn't happen.
He quit smoking for the sake of his health.
They stayed married for the sake of their children.
ruОни оставались в браке ради своих детей. — odexed
deZum Wohle ihrer Kinder ließen sie sich nicht scheiden. — dinkel_girl
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal acFrom Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”).
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