Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| lazy adj. | faul | ||||||
| addled adj. - of an egg | faul | ||||||
| rotten adj. | faul | ||||||
| idle adj. | faul | ||||||
| slothful adj. | faul | ||||||
| decayed adj. | faul | ||||||
| dronish adj. | faul | ||||||
| faineant adj. | faul | ||||||
| sluggish adj. | faul | ||||||
| dud adj. | faul | ||||||
| feeble adj. | faul | ||||||
| flimsy adj. | faul | ||||||
| shiftless adj. | faul | ||||||
| bad adj. | faul | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to rot | rotted, rotted | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to putrefy | putrefied, putrefied | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to decay | decayed, decayed | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to digest | digested, digested | | faulen | faulte, gefault | | ||||||
| to fiddle with money | fiddled, fiddled | | faule Geschäfte machen | machte, gemacht | | ||||||
| to addle sth. | addled, addled | | etw.acc. faul werden lassen | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| lame excuse | faule Ausrede | ||||||
| cop-out [coll.] | faule Ausrede [coll.] | ||||||
| bad debt [FINAN.] | faule Kredite | ||||||
| nonperformingAE loan [abbr.: NPL] [FINAN.] non-performingBE loan [abbr.: NPL] [FINAN.] | faule Kredite | ||||||
| toxic assets [FINAN.] | faule Vermögenswerte | ||||||
| trash assets [FINAN.] | faule Vermögenswerte | ||||||
| toxic assets [FINAN.] | faule Wertpapiere | ||||||
| toxic securities [FINAN.] | faule Wertpapiere | ||||||
| trash assets [FINAN.] | faule Wertpapiere | ||||||
| dangerous coast - a coast full of cliffs and rocks [NAUT.] | faule Küste | ||||||
| foul coast [NAUT.] | faule Küste | ||||||
| monkey business | fauler Zauber | ||||||
| rotten egg | faules Ei | ||||||
| bad egg | faules Ei | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| there is sth. fishy about sth. | an einer Sache ist etwas faul | ||||||
| That's a bit fishy. | Da ist was faul dran. | ||||||
| a shady business | ein fauler Zauber | ||||||
| to laze about | lazed, lazed | (Brit.) | auf der faulen Haut liegen | ||||||
| to laze around | lazed, lazed | | auf der faulen Haut liegen | ||||||
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Orthographically similar words | |
|---|---|
| fable, false, False, fault, Faure | Fäule, Falbe, Falke, Falle, Falte, faul, Faulen, faulen, Fiale |
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