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DEAF
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Traducere în limba română
deaf adjectiv
1. surd; tare de ureche;
(as) deaf as an adder / a beetle / a stone / a post surd de tot, surd de-a binelea;
to be deaf in one ear a fi surd de o ureche;
deaf and dumb surdo-mut;
born deaf surd din naştere;
(prov.) none so deaf as those that won’t hear mai surd decât cel care n-aude e cel care nu vrea să audă;
to turn a deaf ear to a nu vrea să audă de, a nu vrea să asculte la.
2. (fig.) surd; nesimţitor; impasibil;
he was deaf to all arguments era surd la toate argumentele.
3. (fig.) (with) asurzit (de; din cauza, cu gen.)
4. (despre pământ) sterp, neroditor; (despre nuci etc.) gol, găunos.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
However, she will not find her grandmama at all deafer than she was two years ago; which is saying a great deal at my mother's time of life—and it really is full two years, you know, since she was here.
(Emma, de Jane Austen)