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faint I. adjectiv

1. slab, fără putere, neputincios. sleit, sfârşit, prăpădit;

to feel faint a simţi o sfârşeală, a se simţi sfârşit, a-i veni rău.

2. fricos, temător, laş, mişelnic.

3. slab, stins, nelămurit, neclar, palid;

a faint light o lumină slabă.

4. mic, slab, neînsemnat; sfios;

I haven’t the faintest notion, n-am nici cea mai mică idee, habar n-am;

not the faintest hope nici cea maf slabă speranţă;

(prov.) faint heart never won fair lady cine nu riscă, nu câştigă; cui îi e frică de brumă nu sădeşte viţă. ◊

(jur.) faint action cauză fictivă.

faint II. verb intranzitiv

(şi to faint away).

1. (poetic) a-şi pierde curajul.

2. a slăbi, a se simţi sfârşit; a ameţi; a leşina.

faint III. substantiv

leşin, pierderea cunoştinţei, sincopă;

dead faint pierderea completă a cunoştinţei;

to fall down in a faint a leşina, a-şi pierde cunoştinţa.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“They may not have realized,” I suggested, “that she had recovered from her faint.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The next instant I threw myself through, and lay half-fainting upon the other side.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So spoke Brissenden, faint from a hemorrhage of half an hour before—the second hemorrhage in three days.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I got out the oars and made her row, though she was so weak I thought she would faint at every stroke.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

At last, after a long pause, he said to me in a faint whisper:—Jack, is she really dead?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Saying this, he endeavoured to spring from the bed, but the exertion was too great for him; he fell back and fainted.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

If you faint, it's important to see your health care provider and find out why it happened.

(Fainting, NIH)

She had fainted with horror upon entering the room in the morning and seeing that dreadful company round the table.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He came nigh-hand fainting, doctor, when he heard the cry.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

In analyzing Cassini's images of the eruptions on Enceladus, the researchers took particular note of the faint background glow present in most images.

(Saturn Moon's Activity Could Be 'Curtain Eruptions', NASA)

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