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EVIL

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evil I. adjectiv

1. rău; funest, nefast, dăunător, primejdios;

evil tongue limbă înveninată / afurisită;

an evil genius un geniu rău;

an evil influence o influenţă nefastă;

to fall on evil days a ajunge zile grele;

of evil memory de tristă memorie;

of evil omen prevestitor de rău, de prost augur.

2. înrăit.

evil II. s.

1. rău;

to put one’s finger on the evil a pune degetul pe rană.

2. nenorocire, năpastă, calamitate; ravagii; (înv.) boală;

St. John’s evil epilepsie;

King’s evil scrofuloză.

3. (înv.) păcat.

evil III. adverb

rău; cu răutate;

to speak evil of smb. a vorbi de rău pe cineva.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Somewhere, looking out from the shadow, I seemed to see the high lights of the Count's evil face, the ridge of the nose, the red eyes, the red lips, the awful pallor.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

And, as you say, it may tempt for good as well as for evil.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Mary had had her evils; but upon the whole, as was evident by her staying so long, she had found more to enjoy than to suffer.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

This has been too evil a house fur me and mine, fur me to be in my right senses and expect it.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“The Socman of Minstead hath earned an evil name over the country side,” he said.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Why did Cadogan West take the papers, where are the missing ones, how did he die, how came his body where it was found, how can the evil be set right?

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No,” said he, perceiving her evil intention, “I will not give you the light until I am standing with both feet upon the ground.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

And ever and again would come the draw of him, till she thought he must be evil to have such power over her.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Evil, I fear, founded—evil was sure to come—of that connection.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

He could be no judge, however, of the evil he was holding cheap.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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