faint

faint
[feɪnt] adj
1) (slight) light, colour, smile, voice matt; sound leise; scent zart, dezent; smell schwach;
there was only a \faint taste of vanilla in the pudding der Pudding schmeckte nur schwach nach Vanille;
I had a \faint memory of him ich hatte eine schwache Erinnerung an ihn;
I have a \faint suspicion that ... ich habe den leisen Verdacht, dass ...;
I have a \faint idea [or notion] that I've heard that name before ich meine, [mich daran erinnern zu können], den Namen schon einmal gehört zu haben;
there's not the \faintest hope es besteht nicht die leiseste Hoffnung;
to bear a \faint resemblance to sb jdm ein wenig ähnlich sehen;
to not make the \faintest attempt to do sth nicht im Traum daran denken, etw zu tun;
a \faint chance [or possibility] eine geringe Chance;
\faint pattern zartes Muster;
\faint signs of a recovery in the economy erste Anzeichen einer Erholung der Wirtschaft;
to not have the \faintest [idea] (fam) nicht die geringste Ahnung haben;
not in the \faintest, not the \faintest bit nicht im Geringsten
2) (unclear) line undeutlich;
I could see the \faint outline of the headland through the haze ich konnte die Umrisse der Landspitze durch den Dunst schwach erkennen
3) pred (physically weak) schwach;
he was \faint with hunger er fiel fast um vor Hunger (fam) vi ohnmächtig werden;
he \faints at the sight of blood beim Anblick von Blut wird er ohnmächtig;
to \faint [dead] away auf der Stelle umfallen, umkippen (fam) n
to fall [down] in a [dead] \faint ohnmächtig umfallen

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