FAST

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fast¹ I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a posti, a ţine post, a mânca de post.

2. (from) a se abţine (de la).

fast¹ I. verb B. tranzitiv

to fast away a disease a vindeca o boală (prin post).

fast¹ II. substantiv

1. post;

to break one’s fast a) a se dedulci, a mânca de dulce; b) a lua gustarea de dimineaţă,

(prov.) a clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast mai bine sărac şi curat decât bogat şi pătat.

2. perioada sau durata postului.

fast² I. adjectiv

1. solid, tare, rezistent; durabil, stabil, trainic; viguros, robust, dur, ferm, dârz; imobil,

fast colour culoare durabilă;

hard and fast rule regulă strictă / precisă / clară;

to make fast a încuia (uşa);

to take fast hold of a se prinde cu putere de, a se agăţa de.

2. repede, iute;

the watch is fast, you are a little fast ceasul (dv.) merge / este înainte;

(as) fast as a hare iute de picior; iute ca săgeata.

3. credincios, fidel, devotat;

fast friends prieteni buni / la cataramă.

4. (despre oameni) frivol, uşuratic;

fast and loose neserios;

fast set bandă de cheflii;

fast liver / man om uşuratic;

to be fast, to lead a fast life a duce o viaţă dezordonată; a o duce numai în chefuri.

5. (amer. sl.) fraudulos, necinstit;

fast scales cântar inexact.

fast² II. adverb

1. tare, puternic;

fast shut închis strâns, bine închis; închis ermetic;

he is fast asleep doarme adânc; doarme buştean;

fast by / beside a) chiar alături de; chiar lângă; b) lipit de;

(mil.) stand fast! încetaţi (tragerea)!

2. repede, iute;

as fast an one’s leggs can / could / would carry one cât îl ţin picioarele, mâncând pământul;

you go too fast judecaţi pripit;

it rains fast plouă repede; plouă cu găleata; plouă cu băşici;

fast and furiously la repezeală, peste cap;

to play fast and loose a se purta neserios, a fi inconsecvent, a spune una şi a face alta; a fi (taler) cu două feţe, a-şi călca promisiunea; a se folosi de ceva fără scrupule; a proceda cu viclenie;

to live fast a duce o viaţă desfrânată.

fast² III. substantiv (amer.)

1. (mar.) spring, traversă.

2. (mar.) amerare, abordare.

3. (mar.) loc de amerare.

4. odgon, ameră, pălimar.

5. (mine) galerie în cărbune.

6. (mine) primul strat solid al unei roci.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

The people in the streets walked fast, looked wild, their eyes fixed, and were generally in rags.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

As fast as he finished them, he flung the shirts on a rack between him and Martin, who caught them up and "backed" them.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“They are both a-going out fast.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

We leave Anvig with little grub, and travel light and fast. There are three fresh dogs bought in Anvig, and we travel very fast.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

“I ought to make the tackle fast at the point of balance. And what we learn of this will serve us with everything else we have to hoist aboard.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But when have you broken fast?

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No one else would travel as fast.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After about age 20, you can lose bone faster than you make bone.

(Bone Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

How fast I made money in her.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I do not think it could have made off so fast among the branches if it could not get a grip with its feet.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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