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FOUL

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foul I. adjectiv

1. respingător, dezgustător, scârbos, infect; puturos.

2. (despre atmosferă, apă) nesănătos, viciat; (despre răni) purulent; (despre boli) molipsitor, contagios, infecţios;

(med.) foul tongue limbă încărcată.

3. (mar., despre fundul vapoarelor) acoperit cu scoici şi altele; (despre parâme ancoră) încurcat, împiedicat, prins;

foul bottom carenă murdară.

4. (despre vreme) urât, aspru; vijelios;

(despre vânt) potrivnic contrar foul weather vreme urâtă / de furtună;

foul coast coastă periculoasă (pentru navigaţie);

foul bottom fund neprielnic (pentru ancorare).

5. ticălos, mârşav; obscen, dezgustător, scabros;

foul language vorbe urâte; limbaj dezgustător / fără perdea;

by fair means or foul prin orice mijloace;

foul deed acţiune mârşavă.

6. necinstit, incorect, contrar regulilor, neloial.

foul II. adverb

necinstit, incorect;

to play smb. foul a se purta urât cu cineva, a-i juca renghiul cuiva;

to fall foul of a) (mar.) a se ciocni cu, a intra în coliziune cu; b) (fig.) a se certa cu, a se sfădi cu;

to fall foul of the law a se certa cu legea, a cădea sub rigorile legii.

foul III. substantiv

1. ceea ce este urât / murdar / rău / incorect;

through foul and fair orişicând, în toate împrejurările; la bine şi la rău.

2. ciocnire, coliziune; învălmăşeală (la curse, canotaj, etc.).

3. (sport) fault, lovitură nepermisă.

foul IV. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a murdări, a mânji;

to foul one’s nest a-şi pângări căminul;

to one’s hands a se înjosi.

2. a dezonora.

3. a ancrasa (bujii), a astupa (ţevi).

4. (mar., despre fundul vapoarelor) a prinde murdării.

5. (mar.) a încurca (parâme, ancoră).

6. a bloca (circulaţia, traficul);

she fouled our course vasul ne-a tăiat calea.

7. (sport) a faulta, a lovi, a ataca neregulamentar.

foul IV. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se murdări, a se mânji; a se astupa.

2. a se dezonora.

3. (mar., despre parâme, ancoră) a se încurca.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

And then, suddenly, before his eyes, on the foul plaster-wall appeared a vision.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I could not clear myself without proving my brother to have been guilty of the foulest crime which a gentleman could commit.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Streams may spring from one source, and yet some be clear and some be foul,” quoth she quickly.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Both could be saved if I could but silence that foul tongue.

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

To begin twice more after I had been through a deed of horror; for if it was terrible with the sweet Miss Lucy, what would it not be with these strange ones who had survived through centuries, and who had been strengthened by the passing of the years; who would, if they could, have fought for their foul lives....

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I know not whether the day was fair or foul; in descending the drive, I gazed neither on sky nor earth: my heart was with my eyes; and both seemed migrated into Mr. Rochester's frame.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

This new wife had two daughters of her own, that she brought home with her; they were fair in face but foul at heart, and it was now a sorry time for the poor little girl.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

“I give you fair warning, our suspicions are aroused, and I must and shall see you,” he resumed; “if not by fair means, then by foul—if not of your consent, then by brute force!”

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

From detesting her and her foul tongue at first, Martin grew to admire her as he observed the brave fight she made.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Then, with a sudden sweep across the strings, he broke out into a song so gross and so foul that ere he had finished a verse the pure-minded lad sprang to his feet with the blood tingling in his face.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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