WORST

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Traducere în limba română

worst I. superl. de la bad¹, ill sau evil; adjectiv

cel mai rău / prost;

(amer. fam.) the worst way mai rău nici că se poate.

worst II. superl. de la badly; adverb

cel mai rău / prost;

the worst-paid cel mai prost plătit.

worst III. substantiv

răul cel mai mare;

to be prepared for the worst a fi pregătit pentru tot ce e mai rău; a pune răul înainte;

the worst of it is that partea cea mai proastă este că.

worst IV. verb tranzitiv

a birui, a înfrânge, a bate.

"Speak! let us know the worst at once!"

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Yet he never can be sure; and that is the worst of all.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

When I lost everything that makes life dear, the worst of all my thoughts was that I was parted for ever from her!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Nay, lady, said he, that were worst of all.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For all that I knew the worst might have happened in my absence.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A question about an individual's fatigue at its worst.

(Fatigue at its Worst, NCI Thesaurus)

In the worst cases, you can lose teeth.

(Gum Disease, NIH: National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

Oh, yes!—that, that is the worst of all.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The worst of it is that its weight makes it difficult to open.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“I have often thought them the worst of the two,” replied he coolly.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)