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damn I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a blestema, a afurisi, a damna, a osândi;

damn it! la dracu! la naiba!

damn the fellow! lua-l-ar naiba;

damn it all! ei, drăcia dracului!;

(pop.) damn your eyes! sări-ţi-ar ochii!

I’ll be damned if să mă ia dracul dacă, să fiu al naibii dacă.

2. a condamna, a blama, a critica, a dezaproba, a osândi, a respinge, a reproba;

to damn with faint praise a condamna, dând impresia că laudă.

3. (fig., despre o piesă etc.) a face să cadă, a fluiera, a primi cu răceală.

damn I. verb B. intranzitiv

a înjura, a blestema.

damn II. substantiv

1. blestem.

2. înjurătură.

3. cantitate neglijabilă;

not to care a damn a nu-i păsa nicidecum, a nu-i păsa nici cât negru sub unghie;

it isn’t worth a damn nu face nici cât o ceapă degerată.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

"In it, an' right there where I've got you! Take that! an' that! an' that! damn you! Hold me back, somebody! Hold me back!"

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

"I said it was a damn shame that he isn't dead," came the reply.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

We’re dead men, I know it; but all the same you might be able to do us a favour some time when we need it damn bad.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

And you know the doctor says—damn the doctor!

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Well, Johnson, then, damn you!

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I'd be damned if I'd go in; I'd had enough of all of them for one day and suddenly that included Jordan too.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

And if you think I didn't have my share of suffering—look here, when I went to give up that flat and saw that damn box of dog biscuits sitting there on the sideboard I sat down and cried like a baby. By God it was awful—

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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