QUEER

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queer I. adjectiv

1. ciudat, curios, bizar, straniu, excentric, singular;

queer customer om ciudat / sucit / caraghios;

a queer fellow un original.

2. care simte o indispoziţie / o ameţeală; indispus;

I feel very queer mă simt nu ştiu cum, nu mă simt deloc în apele mele.

3. (sl.) beat.

4. suspect, dubios;

there's smth. queer about him are ceva suspect în el;

(sl.) queer money bani falşi;

(fam.) to be in Queer Street a) a fi / a se afla la ananghie / necaz; b) a fi pe drojdie.

queer II. verb tr. (sl.)

1. a strica, a deranja;

to queer the pitch for smb. a răsturna / a dejuca planurile cuiva.

2. a înşela, a trage pe sfoară.

queer III. substantiv (sl.)

1. bani falşi.

2. homosexual.

Look, for example, at the queer lot of things which he took from Acton’s—what was it?

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

Well, I wish I may die if it ain't the queerest thing I ever see!

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

When I saw him four days ago down at his own place he looked queer.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Now I’ll tell you the queerest part of the whole story.

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

But a queer thing happened a year since—a very queer thing.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

But the strangest of all were the people who lived in this queer country.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Besides, he added, his queer, gaunt face shining with delight, there's a sportin' risk in every mile of it.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Is she queer?

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

And now I come to the queer part of the business.

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

I will confess, though, I felt queer when I saw the dear old hair laid out on the table, and felt only the short rough ends of my head.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)